_readme_univ.txt 10/03/2013 Each compressed file named "us_univ_cdrom_YYYY.zip" contains a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) report, "US Colleges and Universities- Utility Patent Grants, 1969-Present". The "YYYY" in the file name corresponds to the year of the report. To view the report, the files within the compressed file can be extracted and placed in a directory on a user's hard drive or on a cd-rom. The general report then can be accessed by opening the file named "univ_toc.htm" using a web browser. ----------------------------------------- Please note: ------------ For reports prior to the 2012 report, there are some materials that are not directly accessible from the "univ_toc.htm" file. In these earlier reports: (1) The "_EXTENDED_YRS" subdirectory within the parent directory includes several subdirectories containing selected tables in which annual patent counts are displayed for all years for which the data are available in the TAF database. To access the data tables within one of the subdirectories within the "_EXTENDED_YRS" subdirectory, the user must go to that subdirectory and open the file beginning with the name "universities_X.htm" where the X is either an "a", "f", or "g". (2) The set of files in the subdirectory folder, "_spreadsheets\", are identical to the files in the parent folder with the following difference: The files within in this subdirectory link to files having an XLS extension for use by Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet software. As a result, when a user selects a link to an XLS table file, the table will open in Microsoft Excel (or other linked spreadsheet software) instead of in a web browser. To access these files in Excel, begin by opening the "univ_toc.htm" or "univ_toc_xls.htm" file within the "_spreadsheets" subdirectory folder using a web browser. ----------------------------------------- Contact Information Questions regarding these reports should be directed to: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT (formerly TAF Branch) P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 tel: (571) 272-5600 FAX: (571) 273-0110 email oeip@uspto.gov web address of PTMT Reports : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html selected PTMT materials available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/