USPTO Datasets

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. For more information: https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets

The historical_masterfile contains micro-level application, NBER sub-category, and prosecution data on 2.2 million patent applications filed from 1981 to 2015 and 8.9 million patents issued through 2014.

The monthly file contains a monthly count of applications, issued patents, and in-force patents by application status, disposal type (abandoned, issued, or pending), and NBER sub-category from 1981 to 2015.

This is one of three Orders intermediate files used to generate the four datasets are also available for download.

This is one of three Orders intermediate files used to generate the four datasets are also available for download.

The monthly_disposal dataset contains counts of application by disposal type for each monthly application cohort by NBER sub-category from 1981 to 2015.

This is one of three Orders intermediate files used to generate the four datasets are also available for download.