USPTO Bulk Downloads: Patent Grant Full Text

Full text of USPTO patent grants: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976.

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Patent Grant Full Text (2001 to present):

Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) from January. The file is a concatenation of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Grant Version 2.4 Document Type Definition (DTD) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Grant Version 2.5; 4.0 International Common Element (ICE); 4.1 ICE; 4.2 ICE Document Type Definitions (DTDs). Sequence data XML text in accordance with the ICE SEQLST V1.2 DTD (us-sequence-listing-2004-03-09.dtd) is concatenated next to the containing grant SGML or XML text. References to the following external files are present but the external files are not present:

• Mega Sequence Listing data files
• Mathematica Notebook (NB) files
• CS ChemDraw (CDX) and MDL Information Systems (MOL) files
• Drawings, mathematical expressions, and chemical structures image (TIFF) files

Patent Grant Full Text (1976 to 2001):

Contains the full text of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) from January 1976 to December 2001. The file format is ASCII text (a.k.a. Patent Grant Green Book). Included are tables and "in-line" mathematical equations, where appropriate, appearing as text data. Chemical structures are not present, but their location is indicated by a structure call-out. Includes patent number, series code and application number, type of patent, filing date, title, issue date, inventor information, assignee name at time of issue, foreign priority information, related US patent documents, classification information, US and foreign references, attorney, agent or firm/legal representative, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) information, abstract, specification, and claims. Approximately 4,000 patent grants per week.
Refer to the following link for additional Patent Grant Data/APS documentation:
PatentFullTextAPSDoc_GreenBook.pdf

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