Greater than 1.9 million patent records issued by IP Australia since 1904, updated monthly. This authority file provides a sequential, gap-free list of patent publication numbers and indicates the availability of searchable text for abstracts, descriptions, and claims. It is published by IP Australia in TXT(CSV) format conforming to the WIPO standard ST.37 V3.
Use Cases
- Verify patent publication completeness based on the sequential, gap-free list of publication numbers.
- Assess text availability for patent analysis based on searchable abstract, description, and claims codes.
- Track patent publication trends over time based on the publication date field.
- Identify missing publications for data auditing based on the publication exception code.
Strengths
- Greater than 1.9 million patent records provide substantial historical coverage.
- Monthly updates ensure ongoing data freshness.
- Conforms to the WIPO ST.37 V3 standard, suggesting interoperability.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- IP Australia
- Collection Method
- Official government records of patent publications.
- Time Range
- 1904 to present
- Freshness
- Updated monthly.
- Geography
- Australia