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11Data Sources7-8 May 2012GW Institute of Public PolicyInnovative Data Sources for Regional Economic Analysis

22Use of Patent DataPatent data contains indicators of Innovative activity Value of innovation (citations, renewals, litigation)Knowledge flow (backward/forward citations)Market for technology (assignments)QualificationsNon-patented innovationsStrategic patenting Geographic origin/ownership/useLimited inventor/assignee identity information

Alternative means of appropriating returns to innovations/inventionsStrategic uses block other firms, prevent infringementGeographic issues limited geographic data reported to USPTOOrigin based on first-named inventorLimited data on assigneesAssignors have to proactively record assignments with USPTOTemporal issuesLag between innovative activity and patent grantUnrecorded changes in ownershipData may not include desired content or be in readily useable form

33Patent Statistics & InformationPatent Statistics ReportsCalendar year aggregates of patent grants byGeographic origin inventor country/state selected statistics by U.S. metro/micropolitan areaInventorAssignment (ownership)Technology class (U.S. Patent Classification) Limited breakouts by industry manufacturing NAICS onlySpecificationsCoverage varies by reportUpdated annually

Coverage: Counts by country/state available fromutility patents 1963-2011plant/design patents 1977-2011Reports by metro area 1990-1999, 2006-2010

Limitations & NotesRegional origin based on cleaned residence of the first-named inventorTechnology based on primary US Patent Classification class Reports do not include location of the organization (use regional origin)Ownership information reflects first-named assignee at time of grant.Reports do not combine organizations based on subsidiary relationshipsReports do combine organization based on spelling variationsReports list only organizations receiving the most patents

44Patent Statistics & Information Bulk DownloadsUSPTO makes patent records available for bulk download at USPTO or Google web sitesXML or varying formatsGrants full text and bibliographic: 1976presentPatent assignments: 1980presentPublished applications full text and bibliographic: 2001presentFixed-column formatGrant U. S. classification: 1790presentPost-grant maintenance fee payments: 1981presentApplication U. S. classification: 2001presentSpecificationsMost products updated on weekly basisNot immediately useable for research and analysis

Data in compressed files in various formats: TIFF/PDF images, ASCII text, XML, SGML, and concatenated XML extracts

Issue frequency varies by product most updated weekly Patent assignment text dailyPatent classification information bi-monthly

Data size varies from 5MB to 5TB

55Patent Statistics & InformationResearch Ready DatasetsUSPTO makes some patent records available in more readily useable formatsPatent Bibliographic Data Extract DVD: 1975/19772011Patent Assignment Dataset: 19802011

Bibliographic data DVD, available for purchase ($200)Patent number, issue date, geographic origin, technology, first-named assigned owner, inventor data, patent title, patent citations, etc.Some data incorporate office data cleaning efforts

Patent Assignments - expected to be available on OCE website by June 2012

Some cleaning, converting and matching still required

66Use of Trademark DataTrademark data contains potential indicators of Non-technological innovation (services, product, marketing) Product market introduction/closer to marketStatement of use/commercializationValue of intangible assets (renewals, product classes, oppositions)Trade in intangible assetsConstruction of families/brandsQualificationsGeographic ownership/useBroad product class definitionsLong renewal period (10 years)

77Trademark Statistics & InformationBulk DownloadsUSPTO makes trademark records available for bulk download at USPTO or Google web sitesXML, TIFF or JPG formatsRegistration images:1870presentApplication text: 1884presentTrademark assignments:1980presentTrial and Appeal Board text: 1955presentApplication images: 2010presentSpecificationsProducts updated on daily or monthly basisNot immediately useable for research and analysis

Data in compressed files TIFF/JPG images and XML formats

Registration images updated monthly; all other data updated daily

Data size varies from 46KB to 8GB88Trademark Statistics & InformationResearch Ready DatasetsUSPTO making some trademark records available in more readily useable formatsTrademark Casefile Dataset: 18842011 Trademark Assignments Dataset: 19802011

6,561,062 trademark casefiles 708,223 assignments for 3,770,947 trademark serial numbers

Available on OCE website by June 2012

Assignors have to proactively record assignments with USPTOSome cleaning, converting and matching still required

99Additional ResourcesSearch ToolsIndividual Patents & Trademarks Online Search PAIR, TESS, etc.Patent & Trademark Resource Centers USPTO On-site Search FacilitiesUSPTO Annual Reports Patent & Trademark fiscal year performance and workload statisticsData Visualization Center DashboardPatent & Trademark pendency, backlog, quality, processing statisticsOtherU.S. Patent Classification to NAICS concordanceOther regular reporting