Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers (2008 - 2017)
Contains detailed information on 4.4 million Office actions mailed from 2008 through June 2017 for 2.2 million publicly viewable patent applications. The data are sourced from the text of Non-Final Rejection and Final Rejection Office Actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The data files include information on grounds for rejection raised, the claims in question, and pertinent prior art.
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Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accessLevelComment | |
| accessURL | https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptoffact |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1Y |
| bureauCode |
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"006:51"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Nicholas Pairolero",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:Nicholas.Pairolero@uspto.gov"
}
|
| dataDictionary | https://ssrn.com/abstract=3024621 |
| dataQuality |
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| description | Contains detailed information on 4.4 million Office actions mailed from 2008 through June 2017 for 2.2 million publicly viewable patent applications. The data are sourced from the text of Non-Final Rejection and Final Rejection Office Actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The data files include information on grounds for rejection raised, the claims in question, and pertinent prior art. |
| distribution |
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"accessURL": "https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptoffact"
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"format": "dta",
"accessURL": "https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptoffact"
}
]
|
| format | csv |
| identifier | OCE-PT-00007 |
| issued | 2017-11-29 |
| keyword |
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"dta",
"office actions",
"patent",
"patent application",
"stata",
"uspto"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents |
| language |
[
"en-US"
]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0 |
| mbox | EconomicsData@uspto.gov |
| modified | 2025-08-28 |
| PrimaryITInvestmentUII | |
| programCode |
[
"006:070"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "Department of Commerce (DOC)",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "U.S. Federal Government",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
}
}
}
|
| references |
[
"https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents"
]
|
| spatial | |
| systemOfRecords | |
| temporal | 2008-01-01/2017-06-30 |
| theme |
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"csv",
"dta",
"office actions",
"patent",
"published patent application"
]
|
| title | Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers (2008 - 2017) |
| webService | https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets |
