Patent Grant Bibliographic (Front Page) Text Data - SGML

Contains the concatenated bibliographic text (front page) of each patent grant document issued weekly (Tuesdays) from January 1, 1976 to present (excludes images/drawings). Subset of the Patent Grant Full Text Data. Note: The concatenated file in its entirety is not a valid SGML document; it must be un-concatenated back to individual SGML documents for SGML data processing.

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Last Updated July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
Created July 14, 2025, 04:12 (UTC)
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creatorEmail
creatorName
dataProvenance [{'date': '2001-01-02', 'name': 'Creation and publication of dataset'}, {'date': '2001-12-25', 'name': 'Date of collection of last data point'}, {'date': '2025-07-14', 'name': 'Dataset updated'}]
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issueDate 2001-01-02
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
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status submitted
theme ['patent']
timezone EST
updateFreq Yearly
uploadType dataset
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