The USPTO Trademark Case Files Dataset
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth is proud to host the USPTO’s Trademark Case Files Dataset. This dataset contains detailed information on 6.7 million trademark applications filed with or registrations issued by the USPTO between January 1870 and January 2012. This set is derived from the USPTO main database for administering trademarks and includes:
- data on mark characteristics
- prosecution events
- ownership
- classification
- third-party oppositions
- renewal history
These data are described in detail within the following papers:
- Stuart J.H. Graham, Galen Hancock, Alan C. Marco, Amanda Fila Myers, The USPTO Trademark Case Files Dataset: Descriptions, Lessons, and Insights, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2013, pp. 669-705.
- A longer document describing these data is available here: Graham, S., Hancock, G., Marco, A. and Myers, A. (2013). “The USPTO Trademark Case Files Dataset: Descriptions, Lessons, and Insights.”
The USPTO Office of Chief Economist developed these data files for public use, and encourage users to identify fixes and improvements.
Please provide all feedback to: EconomicsData@uspto.gov
Documentation
- Appendix I: Variable Tables
- Appendix II: Event description [.dta format (16 KB)] [.csv format (16 KB)]
- Appendix III: Madrid Event description [.dta format (8 KB)] [.csv format (8 KB)]
A map of all data files can be found here (same as Appendix I). These data comprise on aggregation of raw XML data found here.
Download full set of data files [.dta format (1.9 GB)] [.csv format (1.8 GB)]
UPDATE for 2012: [.dta format (2.1 GB)] [.csv format (2.0 GB)]
UPDATE for 2013: [.dta format (2.2 GB)] [.csv format (1.8 GB)]
Download individual data files (the direct download page is here):
| File Name | 2011 (Size) |
2012 (Size) |
2013 (Size) |
2014 (Size) |
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| case_file | DTA 219 MB |
CSV 206 MB |
DTA 232 MB |
CSV 218 MB |
DTA 245 MB |
CSV 146 MB |
DTA # MB |
CSV # MB |
| correspondent_domrep_attorney | DTA 288 MB |
CSV 222 MB |
DTA 305 MB |
CSV 235 MB |
DTA 322 MB |
CSV 248 MB |
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| event | DTA 425 MB |
CSV 434 MB |
DTA 468 MB |
CSV 478 MB |
DTA 512 MB |
CSV 345 MB |
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| owner | DTA 393 MB |
CSV 305 MB |
DTA 418 MB |
CSV 324 MB |
DTA 443 MB |
CSV 343 MB |
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| owner_name_change | DTA 2.57 MB |
CSV 2.94 MB |
DTA 2.53 MB |
CSV 2.89 MB |
DTA 2.48 MB |
CSV 2.85 MB |
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| classification | DTA 65.3 MB |
CSV 78.5 MB |
DTA 69.1 MB |
CSV 83.1 MB |
DTA 73 MB |
CSV 68.5 MB |
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| intl_class | DTA 27.6 MB |
CSV 38.6 MB |
DTA 29.2 MB |
CSV 40.9 MB |
DTA 30.9 MB |
CSV 43.2 MB |
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| us_class | DTA 58.2 MB |
CSV 73.2 MB |
DTA 61.9 MB |
CSV 77.9 MB |
DTA 65.7 MB |
CSV 82.6 MB |
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| statement | DTA 420 MB |
CSV 450 MB |
DTA 452 MB |
CSV 490 MB |
DTA 483 MB |
CSV 532 MB |
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| design_search | DTA 12.3 MB |
CSV 12.7 MB |
DTA 13 MB |
CSV 13.4 MB |
DTA 13.7 MB |
CSV 14.1 MB |
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| foreign_app | DTA 4.77 MB |
CSV 4.51 MB |
DTA 4.98 MB |
CSV 4.72 MB |
DTA 5.19 MB |
CSV 3.19 MB |
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| prior_mark | DTA 8.27 MB |
CSV 8.44 MB |
DTA 8.78 MB |
CSV 8.96 MB |
DTA 9.28 MB |
CSV 9.48 MB |
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| madrid_intl_file | DTA 0.548 MB |
CSV 0.642 MB |
DTA 0.659 MB |
CSV 0.771 MB |
DTA 0.78 MB |
CSV 0.553 MB |
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| madrid_event | DTA 1.24 MB |
CSV 1.35 MB |
DTA 1.49 MB |
CSV 1.62 MB |
DTA 1.8 MB |
CSV 1.18 MB |
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