Patent Grant Full Text Records from 1976 to Present

Weekly patent grant full text issued from January 6, 1976 to the present, excluding images and drawings. The data is a subset of the Patent Grant Full Text Data with Embedded TIFF Images, provided in XML format by the Department of Commerce.

Use Cases

• Extract genetic sequence information from patent text for bioinformatics research.
• Identify and analyze chemical structures described in patent documents.
• Parse mathematical expressions and tables within patent grants for technical analysis.

Strengths

• Data coverage spans from January 6, 1976 to the present, providing a long-term historical record.
• Weekly update schedule (Tuesdays) ensures regular data refreshes.
• Includes complex work units like genetic sequences, chemical structures, and mathematical expressions.

Limitations

• Excludes images and drawings, which are critical for understanding many patents.
• Data format is XML, which may require parsing and preprocessing for analysis.
• The specific row count and total size of the dataset are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Weekly issuance of patent grant full text.

Time Range

January 6, 1976 to present

Freshness

Updated weekly on Tuesdays; last metadata update was 2025-09-30.