Patent File Wrapper (Bulk Datasets) - Weekly

Bibliographic and assignments static patent data compiled into file sets. The Weekly Datasets (10-year increments) can be downloaded in bulk.

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Last Updated July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
Created July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
accessRights Follow these instructions to access the data programmatically via the endpoint link (included in metadata) and create your own API key: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/getting-started
columnDataDict Access column data dictionary at: https://data.uspto.gov/apis/bulk-data/search
creationMethod Learn more about dataset's creation method at: https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptfwpre
creatorEmail
creatorName
dataProvenance [{'date': '2001-01-01', 'name': 'Creation and publication of dataset'}, {'date': '2025-12-31', 'name': 'Date of collection of last data point'}, {'date': '2025-07-13', 'name': 'Dataset updated'}]
dataType JSON
datasetPageUrl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptfwpre
datasetVersion v2.0
docsURL https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptfwpre
issueDate 2001-01-01
lang English
lastUpdateDate 2025-07-13
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/ptfwpre
status submitted
theme ['patent']
timezone EST
updateFreq Weekly on Sunday
uploadType dataset
usageInfo For usage information, refer to the USPTO Terms of Use: https://www.uspto.gov/terms-use-uspto-websites
versionNotes For version details, refer to the USPTO release notes: https://data.uspto.gov/support/release/summary