Publications

Reports

Published official reports on domestic and international intellectual property (IP) issues with a focus on the economic aspects of IP.

Journal articles

Published research findings from the OCE team of economists and their collaborators in peer-reviewed economics and law journals.

Working papers

OCE and their collaborators conduct a variety of policy relevant research and make their preliminary findings available as working papers.

IP infographics

Graphics that highlight important features from USPTO economists' and their collaborator's latest publications and datasets.

Inventing AI, text on a green background.

Report from the Chief Economist

USPTO report on the diffusion of AI across technologies, organizations, inventor-patentees, and U.S. regions
IP Data Highlight no. 4: Progress and Potential report, text on a purple background.

Report from the Chief Economist

Three years of new data on women inventor-patentees
IP Data Highlight no. 3: Adjusting to Alice report, text on a blue background.

Report from the Chief Economist

USPTO report on patent examination outcomes since 2014 Alice decision