UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PRODUCTS DIVISION - Patent Technology Monitoring Team P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313 Vox: 571-272-5600 Fax: 571-273-0110 e-mail: oeip@uspto.gov April 16, 2012 Subject: Custom patent data extract dual-layer DVD-ROM, 2011 update The files in the subdirectories within this directory, http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/misc/data_cd.doc/custom_extract_dvd/ contain documentation for selected custom patent data extracts from the USPTO TAF database that have been placed on a single, custom data extract DVD-ROM. The DVD-ROM is a dual-layer DVD. The TAF database consists primarily of selected bibliographic data extracted from the front page of issued U.S. patents. Inconsistencies in the patent data have been corrected in the TAF database, when identified and when possible. The contents within each subdirectory correspond to one of the custom data extracts that has been included on the custom patent data extract DVD-ROM. A total of twelve custom data extracts are included on the DVD-ROM. The DVD-ROM is available for purchase from the Electronic Information Products Division, Patent Technology Monitoring Team. The price of the DVD-ROM is $200. In general, these custom data extracts are in a form that facilitates the loading of the data into a database for data manipulation and analysis. *** PLEASE NOTE *** DATA THROUGH CALENDAR YEAR 2011, AS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING CUSTOM DATA EXTRACTS, HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A SINGLE MULTI-EXTRACT DVD-ROM WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED AT A PRICE OF $200 from the Electronic Information Products Division, Patent Technology Monitoring Team. *** PLEASE NOTE *** EXCEPT AS NOTED, THE CUSTOM DATA EXTRACTS INCLUDE BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR: - UTILITY PATENTS (I.E., "PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS") ISSUED BY THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) FROM 1/1/1975 TO 12/31/2011 - DESIGN, PLANT, AND REISSUE PATENTS, DEFENSIVE PUBLICATIONS, AND STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATIONS ISSUED BY THE USPTO FROM 1/1/1977 TO 12/31/2011 CONTENTS OF THE CUSTOM EXTRACT DVD-ROM INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DATA: - Basic biblio data: Basic bibliographic patent data associated with U.S. patent grants including patent number, issue date, application month and year, country of origin based on the residence of the first-named inventor, first-named assigned owner at grant as harmonized for spelling variations, ownership assignment category, assigned primary (also known as the "original) class and subclass within the U.S. Patent Classification System as of 12/31/2011 (see the basic_bib_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Inventor: Inventor information associated with U.S. patent grants (see the inventor_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Inventor_County_ Supplemental U.S.-resident innventor information 06_10 for 2006 to 2010 U.S. patent grants that includes one or more counties identified through a matching process (see the inventor_county_06_10 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) (* NEW) - Related_Appls: Related U.S. patent application data associated with U.S. patent grants; these related applications are U.S. applications; foreign priority application data are not included in this data extract but are in a separate extract (see the related_appls_11 subdirectory for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Foreign_Priority: Claimed foreign priority information associated with U.S. patent grants (see the foreign_priority_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - PCT: Patent Cooperation Treaty data associated with U.S. patent grants (see the pct_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - US_Citations: Citations of U.S. patent documents associated with U.S. patent grants (see the us_citations_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Claims: Number of claims, drawing figures, and drawing pages associated with U.S. patent grants (see the claims_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Foreign_Citations: Citations of foreign patents associated with U.S. patent grants (see the foreign_citations_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Other_Cites: Citations of non-patent literature associated with U.S. patent grants (see the other_citations_11 subdirectory contents for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Assignee_harmon Detail data associated with the PTMT efforts to harmonize the first-named assigned owner (assignee) listed on the issued patent documents (see the assignee_harmon_11 subdirectory for the documentation that accompanies the data files) - Pat_Titles Patent titles associated with U.S. patent grants (see the pat_titles_11 subdirectory for the documentation that accompanies the data files) (* NEW) Sample records from the different data extracts are included within most of the documentation subdirectories. Data contained within the extracts are obtained from the bibliographic data associated with issuing U.S. patents. Those data appear in the U.S. patent grants, usually on the front page of the patent. Additional bibliographic patent data may be available on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office CASSIS PATENTS BIBLIOGRAPHIC optical disc products that were updated every two months. This product was discontinued as of December, 2011, but may still be available for free use at some Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs). See http://www.uspto.gov/products/library/ptdl/locations/index.jsp for a list of PTRC locations. The CASSIS PATENTS BIBLIOGRAPHIC disc product permits searching and viewing of selected patent bibliographic data fields and allows users to download those patent bibliographic data fields to a file. For further information about the possible availability of this discontinued product, contact: U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Electronic Information Products Division: by e-mail at ipd@uspto.gov or by telephone at (571) 272-5600. For further information regarding the contents of the custom patent data extract DVD-ROM or to purchase this or any related product, please contact: U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PRODUCTS DIVISION Patent Technology Monitoring Team P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313 Vox: 571-272-5600 Fax: 571-273-0110 e-mail: oeip@uspto.gov