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    • Cancer Moonshot Patent Data Files for Academia and Researchers (1976 - 2016)

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/cancer-moonshot-patent-data

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Maintainer
    Identifier OCE-PT-00005
    Data First Published 2016-08-19
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category cancer, moonshot, patent, application, curated, csv
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/moonshot
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 006:51
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datadictionary cancer_patent_data_doc_v15.docx
    Data Quality True
    Format csv
    Harvest Object Id 7608b076-6837-4aae-b620-0f67aa54f011
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/electronic-data-products/cancer-moonshot-patent-data
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
    Mbox EconomicsData@uspto.gov
    Old Spatial
    Program Code 006:070
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Federal Government > Department of Commerce (DOC) > U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) > Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Related Documents https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/cancer-moonshot-patent-data
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e45b278ca9d5a6cc15f34a926ea48cd3e1268c021b7ac9b063a784b3a7025dcd
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 1976/2016
    Webservice https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets

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