Historical Patent Data Files for Academia and Researchers

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. For more information: https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets

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Last Updated July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
Created July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
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creationMethod Learn more about dataset's creation method at: https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/histexc
creatorEmail
creatorName
dataProvenance [{'date': '2015-06-25', 'name': 'Creation and publication of dataset'}, {'date': '2015-07-02', 'name': 'Date of collection of last data point'}, {'date': '2025-07-14', 'name': 'Dataset updated'}]
dataType CSV
datasetPageUrl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/histexc
datasetVersion v2.0
docsURL https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/histexc
issueDate 2015-06-25
lang English
lastUpdateDate 2025-07-14
pocEmail data@uspto.gov
pocName USPTO Office of Data Management
pocWebsite https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-commissioner-patents/data-management
publisherEmail
publisherName
purpose Learn more about dataset's purpose at: https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/histexc
status submitted
theme ['patent']
timezone EST
updateFreq Yearly
uploadType dataset
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versionNotes For version details, refer to the USPTO release notes: https://data.uspto.gov/support/release/summary