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    • Patent Assignment Data for Academia and Researchers (1970 - 2023)

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    Contains detailed information on 10.0 million patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970 and involving roughly 17.8 million patents and patent applications. It is derived from the recording of patent transfers by parties with the USPTO.

    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=2636461

    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-00001
    Data First Published 2015-08-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category patent, published patent application, assignments, ownership, dta, csv
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ecorsexc
    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=2636461
    Data Quality True
    Format csv
    Harvest Object Id d724700d-11e9-4a61-8421-a783bc4a5a41
    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 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 http://ssrn.com/abstract=2636461
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5153714a6f29cf4de5ac6b5069b37fa51a80bab8748aaf2cc6637c42455d4e54
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 1970-01-01/2023-12-31
    Webservice https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets

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