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    • Historical Patent Data Files for Academia and Researchers (1840 - 2014)

    Metadata Updated: July 15, 2022

    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.

    Access & Use Information

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

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://ssrn.com/abstract=2616724

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 15, 2022
    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 July 15, 2022
    Publisher Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Maintainer
    Identifier OCE-PT-00006
    Data First Published 2021-06-25
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-12-10
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category patent, application, historical, time series, micro-level, nber, dta, csv
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/historical/2014
    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 http://ssrn.com/abstract=2616724
    Data Quality True
    Format csv
    Harvest Object Id 3d7343bb-9bf6-48ef-b4c2-387d61aceea1
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/historical-patent-data-files
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
    Mbox IPD@uspto.gov
    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 http://ssrn.com/abstract=2616724
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash fba8e9263b2703e8cf5dbba034573161c882d7e7
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 1840-01-01/2014-12-31
    Webservice https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/historical/2014

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