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    • Patent Application Office Actions Research Dataset for Academia and Researchers (2008 - 2017)

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    Contains detailed information on 4.4 million Office actions mailed from 2008 through June 2017 for 2.2 million publicly viewable patent applications. The data are sourced from the text of Non-Final Rejection and Final Rejection Office Actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The data files include information on grounds for rejection raised, the claims in question, and pertinent prior art.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Maintainer
    Identifier OCE-PT-00007
    Data First Published 2017-11-29
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Primary IT Investment UII
    Category patent, published patent application, office actions, dta, csv
    Public Access Level public
    Accesslevelcomment
    Accessurl https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptoffact
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 006:51
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datadictionary https://ssrn.com/abstract=3024621
    Data Quality True
    Format csv
    Harvest Object Id b2d9729c-749f-4405-85e8-76896ba0458c
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
    Mbox EconomicsData@uspto.gov
    Old Spatial
    Program Code 006:070
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Federal Government > Department of Commerce (DOC) > U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) > Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
    Related Documents https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/research-datasets/office-action-research-dataset-patents
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3be460fc7770858b8e9661e9270cec1bd999e8c7c81dde6dc1a1348f741f3795
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    System of Records
    Temporal 2008-01-01/2017-06-30
    Webservice https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets

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