Data Download Tables
| Table Name | Description | # of Rows | Origin | Data Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inventor_genderzip: 17.8 MiB, tsv: 90.3 MiB | Gender assignment of disambiguated inventor. Methods Report | 3,623,158 | processed | August 27, 2020 |
| applicationzip: 89.0 MiB, tsv: 397.3 MiB | Information on the applications for granted patent | 7,430,874 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| assigneezip: 28.3 MiB, tsv: 62.7 MiB | Disambiguated assignee data | 1,013,119 | disamb | August 27, 2020 |
| botaniczip: 577.5 KiB, tsv: 1.1 MiB | Botanic information for plant patents | 16,465 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| brf_sum_textzip: 0.0 B, tsv: 55.4 GiB | Brief summary text | 6,567,133 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| claimzip: 12.3 GiB, tsv: 39.2 GiB | Full text of patent claims, including dependency and sequence | 101,535,737 | raw | |
| cpc_currentzip: 720.9 MiB, tsv: 3.6 GiB | Current CPC classification data for all patents (applied retrospectively to all patents) | 40,945,066 | raw (from separate classification files) | September 05, 2020 |
| cpc_groupzip: 21.5 KiB, tsv: 67.8 KiB | Lookup table of current CPC groups | 673 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| cpc_subgroupzip: 5.4 MiB, tsv: 60.9 MiB | Lookup table of current CPC subgroups | 260,388 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| cpc_subsectionzip: 3.2 KiB, tsv: 7.9 KiB | Lookup table of current CPC subsections | 137 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| detail_desc_text39.40 GB | Detailed patent description text | 6,260,847 | raw | |
| draw_desc_textzip: 4.7 GiB, tsv: 12.3 GiB | Drawing description text | 78,383,486 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| foreign_priorityzip: 119.0 MiB, tsv: 284.2 MiB | Foreign priority data | 3,461,029 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| figureszip: 158.9 MiB, tsv: 281.6 MiB | Number of figures and sheets | 6,906,688 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| foreigncitationzip: 994.3 MiB, tsv: 2.5 GiB | Citations made to foreign patents by US patents | 29,719,902 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| government_interestzip: 4.7 MiB, tsv: 33.2 MiB | Raw government interest statements on all patents (where available) | 150,114 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| government_organizationzip: 5.7 KiB, tsv: 33.2 KiB | Organization names and related agency hierarchy parsed from the government interest statements on all patents (where available) | 290 | processed | August 27, 2020 |
| inventorzip: 45.5 MiB, tsv: 123.3 MiB | Disambiguated inventor data | 3,977,357 | disamb | August 27, 2020 |
| ipcrzip: 555.1 MiB, tsv: 1.6 GiB | International Patent Classification data for all patents (as of publication date) | 16,877,462 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| lawyerzip: 5.6 MiB, tsv: 12.0 MiB | Disambiguated lawyer data | 173,849 | disamb | August 27, 2020 |
| locationzip: 5.9 MiB, tsv: 12.1 MiB | Disambiguated location data, including latitude and longitude | 144,270 | disamb | August 27, 2020 |
| location_assigneezip: 23.0 MiB, tsv: 84.0 MiB | Metadata table for many-to-many relationships | 1,334,556 | disamb (linking table) | August 27, 2020 |
| location_inventorzip: 30.0 MiB, tsv: 271.7 MiB | Metadata table for many-to-many relationships | 5,579,126 | disamb (linking table) | August 27, 2020 |
| mainclasszip: 2.4 KiB, tsv: 7.1 KiB | Lookup table of original USPC main classes (as of patent publication date) | 1,239 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| mainclass_currentzip: 7.5 KiB, tsv: 21.5 KiB | Lookup table of current USPC main technology classes (applied retrospectively to all patents) | 511 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| nberzip: 115.3 MiB, tsv: 228.9 MiB | NBER classification data for all patents up to May 2015 | 5,105,938 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| nber_categoryzip: 208.0 B, tsv: 92.0 B | Lookup table for NBER categories | 7 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| nber_subcategoryzip: 611.0 B, tsv: 906.0 B | Lookup table for NBER subcategories | 38 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| non_inventor_applicantzip: 223.5 MiB, tsv: 475.4 MiB | Non-inventor applicant information | 4,234,889 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| otherreferencezip: 3.5 GiB, tsv: 7.2 GiB | Non-patent citations mentioned in patents (e.g. articles, papers, etc.) | 42,597,887 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| patentzip: 1.4 GiB, tsv: 5.5 GiB | Data on granted patents | 7,430,874 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| patent_assigneezip: 204.6 MiB, tsv: 492.4 MiB | Metadata table for many-to-many relationships | 6,789,245 | disamb (linking table) | August 27, 2020 |
| patent_contractawardnumberzip: 1.4 MiB, tsv: 4.4 MiB | Contract or award numbers parsed from the government interest statements on all patents (where available) | 180,675 | processed | August 27, 2020 |
| patent_govintorgzip: 606.3 KiB, tsv: 2.3 MiB | Metadata table with patent-to-organization relationships linked to the government_organization table | 181,443 | processed | August 27, 2020 |
| patent_inventorzip: 440.0 MiB, tsv: 1.0 GiB | Metadata table for many-to-many relationships | 17,991,899 | disamb (linking table) | August 27, 2020 |
| patent_lawyerzip: 115.9 MiB, tsv: 362.5 MiB | Metadata table for many-to-many relationships | 8,430,261 | disamb (linking table) | August 27, 2020 |
| pct_datazip: 52.3 MiB, tsv: 148.3 MiB | PCT data | 1,490,120 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| persistent_assignee_disambigzip: 734.4 MiB, tsv: 1.3 GiB | Persistant Assignee Disambiguation | 6,789,245 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| persistent_inventor_disambigzip: 527.9 MiB, tsv: 2.5 GiB | Persistant Inventor Disambiguation | 17,991,899 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rawassigneezip: 455.0 MiB, tsv: 867.8 MiB | Raw assignee information as it appears in the source text and XML files | 6,789,245 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rawexaminerzip: 331.1 MiB, tsv: 712.5 MiB | Raw examiner information | 10,091,698 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rawinventorzip: 1008.4 MiB, tsv: 1.9 GiB | Raw inventor information as it appears in the source text and XML files | 17,991,899 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rawlawyerzip: 440.3 MiB, tsv: 889.6 MiB | Raw lawyer information as it appears in the source text and XML files | 8,430,276 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rawlocationzip: 1.3 GiB, tsv: 2.9 GiB | Raw location data for inventors and assignees, as it appears in xml and text source files | 29,032,922 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| rel_app_textzip: 199.0 MiB, tsv: 845.3 MiB | Related applications text | 1,905,356 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| subclasszip: 599.3 KiB, tsv: 2.6 MiB | Lookup table of original USPC subclasses (as of patent publication date) | 272,503 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| subclass_currentzip: 2.1 MiB, tsv: 7.3 MiB | Lookup table of current USPC subclasses (applied retrospectively to all patents) | 168,049 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| us_term_of_grantzip: 87.4 MiB, tsv: 205.9 MiB | U.S. term of grant data | 3,614,702 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| usapplicationcitationzip: 1.6 GiB, tsv: 4.0 GiB | Citations made to US patent applications by US patents | 42,268,759 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| uspatentcitationzip: 4.1 GiB, tsv: 10.6 GiB | Citations made to US granted patents by US patents | 111,026,440 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| uspczip: 490.4 MiB, tsv: 963.4 MiB | USPC classification data for all patents | 18,056,787 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| uspc_currentzip: 619.0 MiB, tsv: 1.2 GiB | Current USPC classification data for all patents up to May 2015 | 22,852,959 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
| usreldoczip: 364.0 MiB, tsv: 1.1 GiB | U.S. related documents (post-2005 patents only) | 10,906,090 | raw | August 27, 2020 |
| wipozip: 25.6 MiB, tsv: 145.4 MiB | WIPO technology fields for all patents | 9,122,913 | raw (from separate classification files) | September 05, 2020 |
| wipo_fieldzip: 1.5 KiB, tsv: 3.7 KiB500 bytes | Lookup table of WIPO technology fields | 71 | raw (from separate classification files) | August 27, 2020 |
The PatentsView database is sourced from USPTO-provided text and XML data on published patent applications (2001-most recent update) and granted patents (1976-most recent update). The current PatentsView database MySQL dump is available for download, upon request. The patent applications database, currently only in beta format, contains all granted and non-granted applications, is also available upon request. The database currently does not contain all years of data or any of the disambiguated elements.
This work was created through a government contract funded by the Office of Chief Economist in the US Patent and Trademark Office. Users are free to use, share, or adapt the material for any purpose, subject to the standards of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Attribution should be given to PatentsView (www.patentsview.org) for use, distribution, or derivative works.
From the PatentsView database, simple assignee and lawyer disambiguations are performed, and the patents are geocoded with a location-based disambiguation. Data are then fed into the inventor disambiguation algorithm in order to identify clusters of inventor names that are determined to be the same individual. Because the disambiguation of inventor identities is an ongoing effort, there are likely to be errors observable in the PatentsView data tables. The team welcomes feedback as we continue to improve our disambiguation methodology.
For more information, visit the Methods and Sources section of the website.