Patent Assignment Data for Academia and Researchers (1970 - 2021)

Published by Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) | Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: June 24, 2025 | Last Modified: 2021-12-10

Contains detailed information on roughly 6 million patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970 and involving over 10 million patents and patent applications.

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accessLevelComment
accessURL	https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/assignment/economics/2021
bureauCode	[ "006:51" ]
dataDictionary	http://ssrn.com/abstract=2636461
dataQuality	true
format	csv
identifier	OCE-PT-00001
issued	2015-08-05
landingPage	https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents
language	[ "en-US" ]
mbox	IPD@uspto.gov
PrimaryITInvestmentUII
programCode	[ "006:070" ]
references	[ "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2636461" ]
spatial
systemOfRecords
temporal	1970-01-01/2021-12-30
theme	[ "assignments", "csv", "dta", "ownership", "patent", "published patent application" ]
webService	https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/assignment/economics/2021