Patent Application Bibliographic (Front Page) Data

Contains the concatenated bibliographic text (front page) of each patent application XML document (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) from March 15, 2001 to present (excludes images/drawings). Subset of the Patent Application Full Text Data. Note: The concatenated file in its entirety is not a valid XML document; it must be un-concatenated back to individual XML documents for XML data processing.

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Last Updated July 14, 2025, 04:11 (UTC)
Created July 14, 2025, 04:11 (UTC)
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creatorEmail
creatorName
dataProvenance [{'date': '2001-03-15', 'name': 'Creation and publication of dataset'}, {'date': '2025-07-10', 'name': 'Date of collection of last data point'}, {'date': '2025-07-14', 'name': 'Dataset updated'}]
dataType XML
datasetPageUrl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/appblxml
datasetVersion v2.0
docsURL https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/appblxml
issueDate 2001-03-15
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/appblxml
status submitted
theme ['patent']
timezone EST
updateFreq Weekly on Thursday
uploadType dataset
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versionNotes For version details, refer to the USPTO release notes: https://data.uspto.gov/support/release/summary