III.14: Patent Bibliographic Data

Expand online availability of information on past patent grants and applications

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Also during the first quarter of FY2010, USPTO made available more bibliographic information for patent grants issued from September 1996 through December 2008, and patent applications submitted from mid-March 2001 through December 2008. These data expanded the current USPTO dataset offerings on Data.Gov. In addition, USPTO plans to make all patents, published patent applications, and related materials more easily searchable by the public online. With intellectual property-based businesses estimated to contribute nearly 40 percent of growth achieved by all U.S. private industry, the impact on jobs and the economy of more patent transparency should be significant. As a step toward improved access to patent information, USPTO will begin posting this data online for free download through a third-party provider during calendar year 2010.

Stakeholder(s):

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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