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ISSUED PATENTS (PATENT GRANTS)

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PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS (PRE-GRANT PUBLICATIONS or PGPUBS)

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ADDITIONAL PATENT INFORMATION

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Patent Assignment XML (Ownership) Text (AUG 1980 - PRESENT)
Contains daily (front file - Calendar Year 2023) and annual (backfile - August 1980 - 2022) patent assignment text (no drawings/images) derived from patent assignment recordations made at the USPTO.
Patent Assignment Daily XML Version 0.3 (JAN 2023 - DEC 2023) (front file)
Patent Assignment Annual XML Version 0.3 (AUG 1980 - DEC 2022) (backfile)

Patent and Patent Application Classification Information (Current) available monthly
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Master Classification File (MCF) for U.S. Patent Grants (JUL 1790 - DEC 2023) (Monthly)
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Master Classification File (MCF) for U.S. Patent Applications (MAR 2001 - DEC 2023) (Monthly)

Electronic Patent Grants (eGrants) that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center
Contains eGrants that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center. The USPTO issues electronic patent grants (eGrants), available through Patent Center, for all patents with an issue date on or after April 18, 2023. In rare instances, eGrants may be too large to be downloaded via Patent Center.
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (April 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (May 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (June 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (July 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (August 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (September 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (October 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (November 2023)
Electronic Grant (eGrant) PDFs that are too large to be downloaded via Patent Center (December 2023)

Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into the Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
Contains issued and published sequences that are too large to be loaded into PSIPS. Documents are organized by calendar year. Please note the file size before beginning a download.
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2023)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2022)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2021)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2020)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2019)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2018)
Lengthy Sequence Listings that are too large to be loaded into (PSIPS) (2017)

Patent Maintenance Fee Events (SEP 1, 1981 - PRESENT)
Contains recorded maintenance fee events for patents granted from September 1, 1981 to present. Each new weekly file is cumulative.
Patent Maintenance Fee Events (.zip) and Description Files (.txt) (SEP 1, 1981 - PRESENT)

Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) - Patent Statistics Reports and Data Products
The Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) studies patent statistical information and prepares reports in a variety of formats. PTMT also administers the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) database, which contains selected bibliographic (front page) data pertaining to U.S. patents granted since 1963.
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) - Patent Statistics Reports and Data Products

Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) - Custom Bibliographic Patent Data Extract DVD-ROM Available for Download (2014)
This set of files contains selected bibliographic patent data for utility patents granted since 1963 and for other patent documents granted since 1977. The bibliographic data are extracted from the USPTO's TAF database and are presented in a form that facilitates loading into database software (e.g., for analysis). Data contained on the DVD incorporate USPTO data cleaning efforts associated with the production of general PTMT statistics reports. This DVD does not contain bibliographic data for published patent applications. Due to the large sizes of the data files, use of database software such as SAS, Oracle, STATA, SPSS, etc. is suggested for use with the contents of the DVD-ROM.
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) - Custom Bibliographic Patent Data Extract DVD-ROM (2014)

TRADEMARKS

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Trademark Application and Registration Images

Trademark Full Text XML Data (No Images)

Applications
Pending and registered trademark text data (no images) to include word mark, serial number, registration number, filing date, registration date, goods and services, classification number(s), status code(s), and design search code(s).
Trademark Daily XML File (TDXF) Applications Version 2.0 (JAN 2023 - DEC 2023)
Trademark Annual XML Applications Version 2.0 (APR 7, 1884 - DEC 31, 2022)

Assignments
Assignment (ownership) text data (no images).
Trademark Daily XML File (TDXF) Assignments Version 0.4 (JAN 2023 - DEC 2023)
Trademark Annual XML Assignments Version 0.4 (JAN 3, 1955 - DEC 31, 2022)

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) text data (no images).
Trademark Daily XML File (TDXF) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Version 1.0 (JAN 2023 - DEC 2023)
Trademark Annual XML Trademark Trail and Appeal Board (TTAB) Version 1.0 (OCT 2, 1951 - DEC 31, 2022)

RESEARCH DATASETS (created/maintained by the USPTO Chief Economist)

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For more information about the USPTO Chief Economist Research Datasets: https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets

The Artificial Intelligence Patent Dataset (AIPD) for Academia and Researchers
Contains Artificial Intelligence Patent Landscape data classifying 13,244,037 granted patents and PGPubs published from 1976 through 2020 in eight AI component technologies using state-of-the art machine learning based models.
The Artificial Intelligence Patent Dataset (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.tsv)) (JAN 1976 - DEC 2020)

Patent Assignment Data for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on roughly 9.6 million patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970 and involving roughly 16.5 million patents and patent applications.
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2022)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2021)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2020)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2019)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2017)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2016)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2015)
Patent Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (JAN 1970 - DEC 2014)

Patent and Patent Application Claims Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on claims from U.S. patents granted between January 1976 and December 2014 and U.S. patent applications published between March 15, 2001 and December 2014. The dataset is derived from the Patent Grant Full Text and Patent Application Full Text bulk data files. The Office of Chief Economist (OCE) applied a Python algorithm to identify individual claims as well as the dependency relationship between claims. From the parsed claims text, OCE created six data files containing individually-parsed claims, claim-level statistics, and document-level statistics, including newly-developed measures of patent scope.
Patent and Patent Application Claims Research Dataset (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (issued patents JAN 1976 - DEC 2014) and (published patent applications MAR 15, 2001 - DEC 2014)

Patent and Patent Application Oath Signature Dataset for Academia and Researchers
Contains a research dataset of images of signatures extracted from patent inventor oath documents used for validation of micro entity certifications ranging from SEP 1998 to SEP 2022. It includes 883,811 documents and oath document signature images, is 40.5 GB of total size, and is broken into 8 zip files for the Patent Application Series Codes 12 to 17, 29, and 35. Each of these zip files contain folders for each application number in a given series. The application folders contain the oath document identifier that includes the image(s) of the signature(s) as PNG, and JSON file that contains the application number, the inventor name(s), and confidence level of the signature extraction algorithm.
Patent and Patent Application Oath Signature Research Dataset (JSON and PNG) (SEP 1998 - SEP 2022)

Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on 4.4 million Office actions mailed from 2008 through June 2017 for 2.2 million publicly viewable patent applications. The data are sourced from the text of Non-Final Rejection and Final Rejection Office actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The data files include information on grounds for rejection raised, the claims in question, and pertinent prior art.
Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (2008 - JUN 2017)

Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on more than 12.5 million publicly viewable patent applications filed with the USPTO along with more than 1 million PCT applications through June 2022. The data files include information on each application's characteristics, prosecution history, continuation history, claims of foreign priority, patent term adjustment history, publication history, and correspondence address information.
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2022)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2021)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2020)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2019)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2017)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2016)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2015)
Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (beginning of the database - 2014)

Patent Litigation Docket Report Data Files for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed U.S. District Courts patent litigation data on 74,623 unique court cases filed during the period 1963 - 2016. The data was collected from the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) and RECAP as sources for all of the content. The final output datasets, provided in five different files, include information on the litigating parties involved and their attorneys; the cause of action; the court location; important dates in the litigation history; and, covering over 5 million document level information from the docket reports, descriptions of all documents submitted in a given case.
Patent Litigation Data Files (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1963 - 2016)
Patent Litigation Data Files (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1963 - 2015)

Cancer Moonshot Patent Data Files for Academia and Researchers
This curated dataset consists of 269,353 patent documents (published patent applications and granted patents) spanning the 1976 to 2016 period and is intended to help identify promising R&D on the horizon in diagnostics, therapeutics, data analytics, and model biological systems.
Cancer Moonshot Patent Data Files (MS Excel (.csv)) (1976 - 2016)

Historical Patent Data Files for Academia and Researchers
Contains four research datasets containing time series and micro-level data by National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) technology sub-category on applications, grants, and in-force patents spanning two centuries of innovation.
Historical Patent Data Files (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1840 - 2014)

Trademark Assignment Data for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on 1.19 million assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO between 1952 and 2022 and involving 2.16 million unique trademark properties.
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2022)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2021)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2020)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2019)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2018)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2017)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2016)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2015)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2014)
Trademark Assignment Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1952 - DEC 2013)

Trademark Case File Data for Academia and Researchers
Contains detailed information on 11.6 million trademark applications filed with or registrations issued by the USPTO between 1870 and February 2022.
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2022)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2021)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2020)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2019)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2018)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2017)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2016)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2015)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2014)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2013)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2012)
Trademark Case File Economics Data (Stata (.dta) and MS Excel (.csv)) (1870 - DEC 2011)

ISSUED PATENTS (PATENT GRANTS)

* NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Grant Single-Page TIFF Images (JUL 31, 1790 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. *

PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS (PRE-GRANT PUBLICATIONS or PGPUBS)

* NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Application Single-Page TIFF Images (MAR 15, 2001 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. *

ADDITIONAL PATENT INFORMATION

TRADEMARKS

Trademark Application and Registration Images

Trademark Full Text XML Data (No Images)

RESEARCH DATASETS (created/maintained by the USPTO Chief Economist)

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ISSUED PATENTS (PATENT GRANTS)

*** NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Grant Single-Page TIFF Images (JUL 31, 1790 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. ***

PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS (PRE-GRANT PUBLICATIONS or PGPUBS)

*** NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Application Single-Page TIFF Images (MAR 15, 2001 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. ***

ADDITIONAL PATENT INFORMATION

TRADEMARKS

Trademark Application and Registration Images

Trademark Full Text XML Data (No Images)

RESEARCH DATASETS (created/maintained by the USPTO Chief Economist)

Browse By Topic

About This Site

USPTO Background

Federal Government

* NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Grant Single-Page TIFF Images (JUL 31, 1790 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. *

* NOTE: 11/02/2023 The Patent Application Single-Page TIFF Images (MAR 15, 2001 - PRESENT) product will be discontinued and removed beginning January 1, 2024. *