Patent Assignment Dataset

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 latest update contains detailed information on 9.6 million patent assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO since 1970 and involving roughly 16.5 million patents and patent applications. It is derived from the recording of patent transfers by parties with the USPTO.

working paper describing these data is available at SSRN and as a published version in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. Users are requested to cite this documentation when using these data: Graham, SJH, Marco, AC, Myers, AF. Patent transactions in the marketplace: Lessons from the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset. J Econ Manage Strat. 2018; 27: 343– 371. https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12262

For questions, please email EconomicsData@uspto.gov

Data Files

USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset Schema

Download full set of 2021 data files [.dta format (1.39 GB)] [.csv format (1.58 GB)]

Download individual data files:

File Name 2014* 2020** 2021**
assignment DTA
138 MB
CSV
231 MB
DTA
177 MB
CSV
302 MB
DTA
185 MB
CSV
317 MB
assignment DTA
138 MB
CSV
231 MB
DTA
185 MB
CSV
317 MB
DTA
195 MB
CSV
334 MB
assignor DTA
128 MB
CSV
162 MB
DTA
184 MB
CSV
240 MB
DTA
193 MB
CSV
257 MB
assignee DTA
131 MB
CSV
166 MB
DTA
208 MB
CSV
237 MB
DTA
192 MB
CSV
252 MB
documentid DTA
289 MB
CSV
367 MB
DTA
436 MB
CSV
559 MB
DTA
497 MB
CSV
603 MB
assignment_conveyance DTA
13.4 MB
CSV
17 MB
DTA
17.9 MB
CSV
24.3 MB
DTA
19.2 MB
CSV
25.9 MB
documentid_admin DTA
104 MB
CSV
89.8 MB
DTA
307 MB
CSV
133 MB
DTA
326 MB
CSV
142 MB

Direct Download here: 2014*, 2015**, 2016*, 2017**, 2019**, 2020**, 2021**.

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)]

Download full set of 2017 data files [.dta format (1.09 GB)] [.csv format (1.28 GB)]

Download full set of 2019 data files [.dta format (1.26 GB)] [.csv format (1.42 GB)]

Download full set of 2020 data files [.dta format (1.31 GB)] [.csv format (1.48 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, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 DTA files have been created using the Stata-14 format. Long string values are stored using the new strL variable type.