Patent Application Bibliographic (Front Page) Data
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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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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | July 14, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | July 14, 2025 |
| Created | July 14, 2025 |
| Format | application/xml |
| License | No License Provided |
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| Datastore active | False |
| Docsurl | https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/appblxml |
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| Id | e6af5f43-946f-485a-916d-06793d070c16 |
| Issuedate | 2001-03-15 |
| Lastupdatedate | 2025-07-14 |
| Mimetype | application/xml |
| Package id | e10c4ba6-c7af-4f40-aabd-2ebb39e82411 |
| Position | 0 |
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| Ressize | 4.7 GB |
| State | active |
| Status | active |
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