The USPTO allows parties to record assignments of patents and patent applications to, as much as possible, maintain a complete history of claimed interests in a patent. The USPTO also permits recording of other documents that affect title (such as certificates of name change and mergers of businesses) or are relevant to patent ownership (such as licensing agreements, security interests, mortgages, and liens). The 2017 update to the Patent Assignment Dataset contains detailed information on 8.0 million patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970 and involving roughly 13.1 million patents and patent applications. It is derived from the recording of patent transfers by parties with the USPTO.
A document describing these data is available here: “The USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset: Descriptions and Analysis.” Users are requested to cite this documentation when using these data. It is also available as: Marco, Alan C., Graham, Stuart J.H., Myers, Amanda F., D'Agostino, Paul A and Apple, Kirsten, The USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset: Descriptions and Analysis (July 27, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2636461.
The OCE developed these data files for public use and encourages users to identify fixes and improvements. Please provide all feedback to: EconomicsData@uspto.gov
Data Files
USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset Schema
Download full set of 2017 data files [.dta format (1.09 GB)] [.csv format (1.28 GB)]
Download individual data files:
File Name | 2014* | 2016* | 2017** | |||
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assignment | DTA 138 MB |
CSV 231 MB |
DTA 155 MB |
CSV 265 MB |
DTA 164 MB |
CSV 280 MB |
assignor | DTA 128 MB |
CSV 162 MB |
DTA 147 MB |
CSV 190 MB |
DTA 158 MB |
CSV 203 MB |
assignee | DTA 131 MB |
CSV 166 MB |
DTA 173 MB |
CSV 190 MB |
DTA 183 MB |
CSV 202 MB |
documentid | DTA 289 MB |
CSV 367 MB |
DTA 348 MB |
CSV 451 MB |
DTA 375 MB |
CSV 488 MB |
assignment_conveyance | DTA 13.4 MB |
CSV 17 MB |
DTA 14.3 MB |
CSV 21.2 MB |
DTA 15.2 MB |
CSV 22.6 MB |
documentid_admin | DTA 104 MB |
CSV 89.8 MB |
DTA 207 MB |
CSV 108 MB |
DTA 223 MB |
CSV 116 MB |
Direct Download here: 2014*, 2015**, 2016*, 2017**.
Download full set of 2014 data files [.dta format (773 MB)] [.csv format (1.04 GB)]
Download full set of 2015 data files [.dta format (936 MB)] [.csv format (1.09 GB)]
Download full set of 2016 data files [.dta format (1.02 GB)] [.csv format (1.2 GB)]
These data comprise an aggregation of raw XML data found here.
* Note: the 2014 and 2016 DTA files have been created using the Stata-13 format. Long string values are stored using the new strL variable type.
** Note: the 2015 and 2017 DTA files have been created using the Stata-14 format. Long string values are stored using the new strL variable type.