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Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v1.5 (Text Only) (Retro. 2001)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2001 (March 15 through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Application Version 1.5 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 1.5 (Text Only).

These product files (42 zip files totaling 34,852,604 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

This product includes a pabyyyymmdd_wknn.zip file representing the date and week of publication [where "yyyymmdd" is a Thursday publication date and "nn" is a two-digit, fixed-length number (with leading zero) representing the sequentially-numbered week of the year. Within each zip file, there are three (3) files for the weekly publication:
pabyyyymmdd.xml (Bibliographic information in XML)
pabyyyymmddlst.txt (List of published patent application numbers in ascending order)
pabyyyymmddrpt.txt (Statistical/summary report)

NOTE:
The older version of these files (containing the old naming formats and conventions) may be obtained through the anonymous FTP server until January 30, 2009. After January 30, 2009 the old format will no longer be supported, or updated on the FTP server.

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2002)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2002 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Application Version 1.6 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 1.6 (Text Only).

These product files (52 zip files totaling 124,006,183 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2003)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2003 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Application Version 1.6 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 1.6 (Text Only).

These product files (52 zip files totaling 156,792,596 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

This product includes a pabyyyymmdd_wknn.zip file representing the date and week of publication [where "yyyymmdd" is a Thursday publication date and "nn" is a two-digit, fixed-length number (with leading zero) representing the sequentially-numbered week of the year. Within each zip file, there are three (3) files for the weekly publication:
pabyyyymmdd.xml (Bibliographic information in XML)
pabyyyymmddlst.txt (List of published patent application numbers in ascending order)
pabyyyymmddrpt.txt (Statistical/summary report)

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2004)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2004 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Application Version 1.6 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 1.6 (Text Only).

These product files (53 zip files totaling 173,322,090 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v4.0 ICE (Text Only) (Retro. 2005)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2005 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the International Common Element (ICE) Patent Application Version 4.0 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 4.0 ICE (Text Only).

These product files (52 zip files totaling 137,113,049 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

This product includes an ipabyyyymmdd_wknn.zip file representing the date and week of publication [where "yyyymmdd" is a Thursday publication date and "nn" is a two-digit, fixed-length number (with leading zero) representing the sequentially-numbered week of the year. Within each zip file, there are three (3) files for the weekly publication:
ipabyyyymmdd.xml (Bibliographic information in ICE XML)
ipabyyyymmddlst.txt (List of published patent application numbers in ascending order)
ipabyyyymmddrpt.txt (Statistical/summary report)

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v4.1 ICE (Text Only) (Retro. 2006)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2006 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the International Common Element (ICE) Patent Application Version 4.1 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 4.1 ICE (Text Only).

These product files (52 zip files totaling 142,726,443 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v4.1 ICE (Text Only) (Retro. 2007)
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2007 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the International Common Element (ICE) Patent Application Version 4.2 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only).

These product files (52 zip files totaling 147,861,220 bytes - compressed) are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML v4.2 ICE (Text Only) Current Calendar Year
Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2008 (January through December) (excludes images/drawings). The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the International Common Element (ICE) Patent Application Version 4.2 Document Type Definition (DTD). This Bibliographic (Text Only) file is a subset of the Patent Application Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only). Available on publication day (Thursdays). Approximately 2.7 MB per week (compressed).

These product files are available at no charge from the Online Product Catalog. No order form is required.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.5 (Retro. 2001)
Contains the full text, drawings, and complex work units (tables, mathematical expressions, sequence data, and chemical structures) of each application issued.

The file format is Extensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the US Patent Application V1.6 2002-01-03 Document Type Definition (DTD). Tables and sequence data are included using CALS XML markup. Mathematical expressions are included using MATHML markup and external Mathematica Notebook (NB) files. Chemical structures are represented by external CS ChemDraw (CDX) files and MDL Information Systems (MOL) files. Drawings, mathematical expressions, and chemical structures also include external Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Revision 6.0 with CCITT Group 4 Compression files.

Annual Subscription
Each weekly update contains from 10 to 2,000 applications (5 to 250 megabytes) on one DLT magnetic tape. All files associated with a specific application are compressed into a single application zip file. Zipped application files are grouped by type (utility or plant) within a predetermined directory scheme and re-zipped with path information (but not compressed) into a single weekly update file. The weekly update file is then copied to a DLT tape using the UNIX TAR facility.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5401P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.5 (Text Only) (Retro. 2001)
Contains the full text, drawings, and complex work units (tables, mathematical expressions, sequence data, and chemical structures) of each application issued beginning with the weekly publication of March 15, 2001.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5451P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Retro. 2002)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5402P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2002)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5452P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Retro. 2003)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5403P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2003)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5453P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Retro. 2004)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5404P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v1.6 (Text Only) (Retro. 2004)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5454P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v4.0 ICE (Retro. 2005)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5405P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v4.0 ICE (Text Only) (Retro. 2005)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5455P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v4.1 ICE (Retro. 2006)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5406P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
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Patent Application Data/XML v4.1 ICE (Text Only) (Retro. 2006)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

ONLINE (FTP)
Product Code: EIP-5456P6-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v4.2 ICE (Calendar Year)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5400P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Data/XML v4.2 ICE (Text Only) (Calendar Year)
Contains the full text including tables, sequence data and "in-line" mathematical expressions of each application issued.

ONLINE (FTP)
Product Code: EIP-5450P-OL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Application Image/TIFF (Calendar Year)
Contains the facsimile images of utility and plant patent applications published each week.

DLT CARTRIDGE
Product Code: EIP-5600P-DL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
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Patent Assignment Daily XML

Contains data derived from patent assignment recordations made at the USPTO for patents granted.

The file format is Extensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the US Patent Application V1.6 2002-01-03 Document Type Definition (DTD). Tables and sequence data are included using CALS SGML markup. Mathematical expressions are included using MATHML XML Markup and external Mathematica Notebook (NB) files. Chemical structures are represented by external CS ChemDraw (CDX) and MDL Information Systems (MOL) files. Drawings, mathematical expressions, and chemical structures also include external Tagged Image Format (TIFF) Revision 6.0 with CCITT Group 4 Compression) files.

ONLINE (FTP)
Product Code: EIP-5701P-OL (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.

Patent Assignment Annual XML Retrospective (August 1980 - December 2006)
Contains data derived from patent assignment recordations made at the USPTO for patents granted.

A one-time copy of this semi-annual file is available. Call 571-272-5600.

CD-ROM
Product Code: EIP-5702P-CD (Click on product code to go to price list.)
For ordering information, e-mail ipd@uspto.gov.