USPTO Datasets

Contains the images of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) from July 31, 1790 to December 26, 2023 in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Revision 6.0 with CCITT Group 4 Compression (single-page TIFFs). Includes a separate weekly Certificates-of-Correction (C-of-C) file and a daily Certificates file.

Certificates include post issuance documents, e.g., ex parte and inter partes reexamination documents. These were weekly and are daily starting on Ocotober of 2012.

Contains (JAN 2001 - DEC 2001) the bibliographic text (front page) of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) in CY2001 (excludes images/drawings and reexaminations). The file format is Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Grant Version 2.4 Document Type Definition (DTD).

These historical statistics are data for requests for reexamination filed since 7/1/1981 (for ex parte) or since 11/29/1999 (for inter partes). They are updated weekly.

These documents replace the original data disseminated by the Electronic Information Products Division (EIPD). For more information on the data, contact ipd@uspto.gov (link sends e-mail).

Contains (JAN 2002 - present) the full text of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) (excludes images/drawings and reexaminations). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Grant International Common Element (ICE) Document Type Definition (DTD).

Contains (JAN 1976 - DEC 2001) the bibliographic text (front page) of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) (excludes images/drawings and reexaminations). The file format is a subset of the Green Book, ASCII text.

The Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute at issue is 35 USC 154(b)(2)(c), which provides for a deduction from any PTA award "equal to the period of time during which the applicant failed to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude prosecution of the application." The statute also expressly delegates to the USPTO the authority to "prescribe regulations establishing the circumstances that constitute a failure of an applicant to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of an application."

Contains (JAN 2002 - present) the full text, images/drawings, and complex work units (tables, mathematical expressions, chemical structures, and genetic sequence data) of each patent grant (excludes reexaminations) issued weekly (Tuesdays). The file format is extensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Grant International Common Element (ICE) Document Type Definition (DTD).

Contains the full text, images/drawings, and complex work units (tables, mathematical expressions, chemical structures, and genetic sequence data) of each patent grant (excludes reexaminations) issued weekly (Tuesdays) in CY2001. The file format is Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Grant Version 2.4 Document Type Definition (DTD).