Related Application Data File Documentation (_README_RLAP_DOC2015.TXT) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Technology Assessment and Forecast Database 7/7/2016 7:39PM Questions about these custom patent data extract files should be directed to: US Patent and Trademark Office Electronic Information Products Division Patent Technology Monitoring Team P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313 tel (571) 272-5600 e-mail: oeip@uspto.gov FILES CONTAINED IN THIS DATA SET -------------------------------- DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT FILES ------------------------------- * \doc\_README_RLAP_DOC_2015.TXT - General dataset documentation file (this file) * \doc\RLAP_05_15_DOC.TXT - Detailed documentation for the RLAP_05_15.TXT RELATED APPLICATION data file * \doc\RLAP_75_04_DOC.TXT - Detailed documentation for the RLAP_75_04.TXT RELATED APPLICATION data file * \doc\MISSING_RLAP_15.TXT - List of patents omitted from this set of data files * \doc\WITHDRAWN_75_15.TXT - List of numbers that do not correspond to issued patents * \doc\ST_CNTRY_15.TXT - List of state and country codes that may appear in the data files and the corresponding state and country area names * \doc\SAMPLE_RLAP_05_15.TXT - Sample from the RLAP_05_15.TXT RELATED APPLICATION data file for calendar year 2005 to 2015 patent grants * \doc\SAMPLE_RLAP_75_04.TXT - Sample from the RLAP_75_04.TXT RELATED APPLICATION data file for calendar year 1975 to 2004 patent grants * \doc\LASTPN_15.TXT - Display of the last patent number by year and patent document type. RELATED APPLICATION DATA FILES ------------------------------ * RLAP_05_15.TXT - RELATED APPLICATION data file for calendar year 2005 to 2015 patent grants * RLAP_75_04.TXT - RELATED APPLICATION data file for calendar year 1975 to 2004 patent grants RELATED APPLICATION DATA FILE SPECIFICATIONS -------------------------------------------- (1) File Name: RLAP_05_15.TXT Recording Mode: ASCII File Size: 473,037,629 bytes (about 473 MB) Record Count: 6,635,461 records Begin/Char End Char Field Data Position Position Length Type Description ---------- -------- ------ ------- ----------------------------------------- 1 7 7 char Patent Number 8 8 1 White Space 9 12 4 integer Related Application Seq. Nr. 13 13 1 White Space 14 16 3 integer Parent Code 17 17 1 White Space 18 39 22 char Parent Application Number 40 40 1 White Space 41 50 10 char Parent Application Filing Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 51 51 1 White Space 52 66 15 char Parent Status Code 67 67 1 White Space 68 74 7 char Parent Patent Number 75 75 1 White Space 76 78 3 char Parent Document Country Code 79 79 1 White Space 80 93 14 char Child Document Number 94 94 1 White Space 95 97 3 char Child Document Country Code The RELATED APPLICATION file is sorted by ascending patent number (primary) and related application sequence number (secondary) Each line is terminated with a carriage return and a line feed character (0D 0A in hexadecimal) after the last populated data field. --------------------------- (2) File Name: RLAP_75_04.TXT Recording Mode: ASCII File Size: 236,390,581 bytes (about 236 MB) Record Count: 4,330,723 records Begin/Char End Char Field Data Position Position Length Type Description 1 7 7 char Patent Number 8 8 1 White Space 9 12 4 integer Related Application Seq. Nr. 13 13 1 White Space 14 16 3 integer Parent Code 17 17 1 White Space 18 39 22 char Parent Application Number 40 40 1 White Space 41 50 10 char Parent Application Filing Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 51 51 1 White Space 52 66 15 char Parent Status Code 67 67 1 White Space 68 74 7 char Parent Patent Number 75 75 1 White Space 76 78 3 char Parent Document Country Code 79 79 1 White Space 80 93 14 char Child Document Number 94 94 1 White Space 95 97 3 char Child Document Country Code The RELATED APPLICATION file is sorted by ascending patent number (primary) and related application sequence number (secondary) Each line is terminated with a carriage return and a line feed character (0D 0A in hexadecimal) after the last populated data field. ---------------------------