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    • Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers (2008 - 2017)

    Metadata Updated: July 15, 2022

    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.

    Access & Use Information

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

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/office/actions/bigdata/2017/USPTO%20Patent%20Prosecution%20Research%20Data_Unlocking%20Office%20Action%20Traits.pdf

    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-00007
    Data First Published 2017-11-29
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-12-10
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category patent, published patent application, office actions, dta, csv
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/office/actions/bigdata/2017
    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 https://ssrn.com/abstract=3024621
    Data Quality True
    Format csv
    Harvest Object Id 88818e96-a276-4233-b8df-779b8cb67f0d
    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/office-action-research-dataset-patents
    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 https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/office/actions/bigdata/2017/USPTO%20Patent%20Prosecution%20Research%20Data_Unlocking%20Office%20Action%20Traits.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash dcdc42762447cd66270d8d1a960295f5f012cf0e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 2008-01-01/2017-06-30
    Webservice https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/office/actions/bigdata/2017

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