To advance research on matters relevant to intellectual property, entrepreneurship, and innovation, the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) releases datasets to facilitate economic research on patents and trademarks — an element in the USPTO economics research agenda. OCE offers these data in forms convenient for public use and academic research, consistent with the agency's responsibility to make patent and trademark information open and transparent. Furthermore, OCE data releases support White House policy that champions transparency and access to government data under the "data.gov" umbrella of initiatives. Since these data have not been commonly used in the research community, OCE provides supplementary documentation that comprehensively describes the data and presents initial findings.
The following datasets and accompanying documentation are available for download.
Patent Litigation Docket Reports Data
Detailed patent litigation data on 74,623 unique district court cases filed during the period 1963-2015
Patent Claims Research Dataset
Detailed information on claims from U.S. patents granted between 1976 and 2014 and U.S. patent applications published between 2001 and 2014
Cancer Moonshot Patent Data
Detailed data on published patent applications and granted patents relevant to cancer research and development
Patent Examination Research Dataset (Public PAIR)
Detailed information on 9.2 million publicly viewable patent applications filed with the USPTO through December 2014
PatentsView
Highly flexible API, search and download query builder, bulk download, and visualization interface for exploring and analyzing 40 years of patent data
Historical Patent Data Files
Time series and micro-level data by high-level NBER technology categories on applications, grants, and in-force patents spanning two centuries of innovation
Patent Assignment Dataset
Detailed data patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970
Trademark Case Files Dataset
Detailed on millions of trademark applications filed with or registrations issued by the USPTO since 1870
Trademark Assignment Dataset
Detailed data on trademark assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1955
Legal Authority
The release of these data is consistent with the agency's responsibility under 35 USC 2 to make information about patents and trademarks available to the public. Providing research datasets to allow for study of the economics of patents and trademarks is also an element in the USPTO economics research agenda. Furthermore, it supports the Obama administration's policy championing transparency and access to government under the "data.gov (link is external)" umbrella of initiatives.