Patent dataset

The citation graph includes all citations made by patents granted between 1975 and 1999, totaling 16,522,438 citations. The data was originally released by NBER (http://www.nber.org/patents/), and then processed as five tables and a graph, including patent table, inventor table, assignee table, class table, category table, citation graph.

Sample Data:

Patent.table

"PATENT","GYEAR","GDATE","APPYEAR","COUNTRY","POSTATE","ASSIGNEE","ASSCODE","CLAIMS","NCLASS",...

3070801,1963,1096,,"BE","",,1,,269,...

3070802,1963,1096,,"US","TX",,1,,2,...

3070803,1963,1096,,"US","IL",,1,,2,...

3070804,1963,1096,,"US","OH",,1,,2,...

3070805,1963,1096,,"US","CA",,1,,2,...

where

• "PATENT" is "Patent number"
• "GYEAR" is "Grant year"
• "GDATE" is "Grant date"
• "APPYEAR" is "Application year"
• "COUNTRY" is "Country of first inventor"
• "POSTATE" is "State of first inventor (if US)"
• "ASSIGNEE" is "Assignee identifier (missing 1963-1967)"
• "ASSCODE" is "Assignee Type",
• "CLAIMS" is "Number of claims",
• "NCLASS" is "Main patent class (3 digit) "

inventor.table

"PATENT","LASTNAM","FIRSTNAM","MIDNAM","MODIFNAM","STREET","CITY","POSTATE","COUNTRY","ZIP","INVSEQ"

3858241,"Durand","Philip","E.","","","Hudson","MA","US","",1

3858241,"Norris","Lonnie","H.","","","Milford","MA","US","",2

3858242,"Gooding","Elwyn","R.","","120 Darwin Rd.","Pinckney","MI","US","48169",1

3858243,"Pierron","Claude","Raymond","","","Epinal","","FR","",1

3858243,"Jenny","Jean","Paul","","","Decines","","FR","",2

where

• "PATENT" is "Patent number"
• "LASTNAM" is "Last name of inventor"
• "FIRSTNAM" is "First name of inventor"
• "MIDNAM" is "Middle name of inventor"
• "MODIFNAM" is "Surname modifier"
• "STREET" is "Street address"
• "CITY" is "City"
• "POSTATE" is "State code"
• "COUNTRY" is "Country code"
• "ZIP" is "Zip code"
• "INVSEQ" is "Inventor sequence number"

assignee.table

Lorem ips"ASSIGNEE","ASSNAME","CNAME","CUSIP","OWN","PNAME","SNAME"

5,"AAA ASSOCIATES, INC.",,,,,

10,"AAA OFFICE COFFEE SERVICE, INC.",,,,,

15,"AAA PIPE CLEANING CORPORATION",,,,,

20,"AAA PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC.",,,,,

25,"AAA SALES & ENGINEERING, INC.",,,,,um

where

• "ASSIGNEE" is "Assignee identifier"
• "ASSNAME" is "Patent assignee name"
• "CNAME" is "Compustat name"
• "CUSIP" is "Compustat CUSIP"
• "OWN" is "Percent of ownership"
• "PNAME" is "Parent name"
• "SNAME" is "Subsidiary name"

category.table

"CAT","SUBCAT","SUBCATNAME","CATNAMESHORT","CATENAMELONG"

1,11,Agriculture & Food & Textiles,Chemical,Chemical

1,12,Coating,Chemical,Chemical

1,13,Gas,Chemical,Chemical

1,14,Organic Compounds,Chemical,Chemical

1,15,Resins,Chemical,Chemical

where

• "CAT" is "Technological category"
• "SUBCAT" is "Technological sub-category"
• "SUBCATNAME" is "Sub-category name"
• "CATNAMESHORT" is "Category short name"
• "CATENAMELONG" is "Category long name"

class.table

"CLASS","CNAME","SUBCAT","CAT"

1,** Classification Undetermined **,69,6

2,Apparel,63,6

4,Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons,65,6

5,Beds,65,6 7,Compound Tools,59,5

where

• "CLASS" is "Class identifier"
• "CNAME" is "Class name"
• "SUBCAT" is "Technological sub-category"
• "CAT" is "Technological category"

citation.graph:

"CITING","CITED"

3858241,956203

3858241,1324234

3858241,3398406

3858242,1515701

3858242,3319261

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