Missing Decisions and the Federal Circuit (doi:10.7910/DVN/VNNBUC)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Missing Decisions and the Federal Circuit
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/VNNBUC
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2021-08-10
Version:	2
Bibliographic Citation:	Rantanen, Jason, 2021, "Missing Decisions and the Federal Circuit", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VNNBUC, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:BtsK9NI5Rd7D+pSRro+O6A== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Missing Decisions and the Federal Circuit
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/VNNBUC
Authoring Entity:	Rantanen, Jason (University of Iowa)
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Access Authority:	Rantanen, Jason
Depositor:	Rantanen, Jason
Date of Deposit:	2021-08-10
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VNNBUC
Study Scope
Keywords:	Law, Patent Law, Civil Procedure, Federal Courts
Abstract:	This dataset contains the data for the preprint version of Missing Decisions and the Federal Circuit.
Methodology and Processing
Sources Statement
Data Access
Notes:	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>
Other Study Description Materials
File Description--f4970764
File: 2021-07-29 Missing termination documents - (Final Set).tab
	Number of cases: 497 No. of variables per record: 9 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:62Frr3Y/2dAMJASwM6a+fA==
File Description--f5192020
File: 2021-08-06 CAFC Dockets.tab
	Number of cases: 31393 No. of variables per record: 16 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:7mfrodv5RSJKpNR72CcM3w==
	Dataset used in draft released on SSRN 2021-09-20
File Description--f5192023
File: appeals 2021-09-10.tab
	Number of cases: 18056 No. of variables per record: 9 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:6:roYjpEBdjztiJGdYJqxPiQ==
	Dataset used in draft version released on SSRN on Sept. 20, 2021
Variable Description
List of Variables:	PACER_Appeal_Docket - PACER_Appeal_Docket TypeAppealTermination - TypeAppealTermination ReasonAppealTerminationDocket - ReasonAppealTerminationDocket DateAppealTermination - DateAppealTermination TextAppealTermination - TextAppealTermination Full_Appeal_Dockets1 - Full_Appeal_Dockets1 CloudLink - CloudLink JARNotes - JARNotes NewFileName - NewFileName PACER_Appeal_Docket - Docket number in format used by PACER Docket_Title - Official Docket Title from PACER Year_Appeal_Filed - Year the appeal was docketed at the CAFC DateFiledinCOA - Date the appeal was docketed at the CAFC PACER_Gen - PACER_Gen district_id - District of origin using district_id format; only for district courts USPTO_case_row_wide - Matches to USPTO patent litigation dataset Appeal_Dockets - Appeal_Docket Orig_Trib_PACER - Origin in PACER format OriginatingCase - OriginatingCase Misc_Docket - Flag indicating whether the docket is a miscellaneous docket DistrictCourt - Flag indicating whether the origin was a district court case_number_wide - case_number_wide Last_Activity_Date - Last_Activity_Date TribOfOrigin - Origin using TribOfOrigin format origin_PACER - Tribunal of origin using 'origin' format uniqueID - uniqueID docDate - caseDate Appeal_Dockets - Appeal_Dockets docType - docType url - url Replaced - Withdrawn Replaced_Notes - Replaced_Notes CloudLink - CloudLink DataSource - DataSource
Variables
PACER_Appeal_Docket
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:6j3NyaYgXabKxPEqf2/ICQ==
TypeAppealTermination
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:THprktH1bVfBfemrXxoUkg==
ReasonAppealTerminationDocket
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:GrXpLNkoBgmRT5PBipTx7A==
DateAppealTermination
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:wrU0tISihmyu1L+1/XTR+A==
TextAppealTermination
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:XY7rxuvDgOVzwZ4C9kC8ug==
Full_Appeal_Dockets1
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:rXopPP5YXOAloLAD8CeQgw==
CloudLink
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:Y8RU8Twu6N/xtGYMdNwBvA==
JARNotes
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:p0EAVANL7iShzYmXUphhLA==
NewFileName
f4970764 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:CI2vSReDhnkb++g3+1jjXA==
Docket number in format used by PACER
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:/BcitegQOkwKD2TzhzkG1g==
Official Docket Title from PACER
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:AlelrBP9GsADB+bKepc1jA==
Year the appeal was docketed at the CAFC
f5192020 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 31393.0; Min. 1999.0; Mean 2010.3020418564643; Max. 2021.0; StDev 6.402144193759166 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:Eme6E1nyyzE0VV99dZNeNA==
Date the appeal was docketed at the CAFC
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:Z5YWE0F4Q9FxXU1lLgnkfg==
PACER_Gen
f5192020 Location:	Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 2.0; StDev 0.4998991180786448; Mean 1.5104322619693376; Valid 31393.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:+nUsfE8/Q9aou51AuQ067A==
District of origin using district_id format; only for district courts
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:hLdK3kTMaOsyBzn/1vWMPQ==
Matches to USPTO patent litigation dataset
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:bqzeAs8Y+qYyLD5Yd2ZOiA==
Appeal_Docket
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:FqGUJwyzbAxOww6f7DY+KA==
Origin in PACER format
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:XzOoEKWl6KjVNPNgKhiHWQ==
OriginatingCase
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:ig2OMurCcYnqyw+nAI/Oow==
Flag indicating whether the docket is a miscellaneous docket
f5192020 Location:	Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 1.0; StDev 0.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 816.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:q69rH5PTpGkkxI76rIyCJw==
Flag indicating whether the origin was a district court
f5192020 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 4890.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.1898161654616249; Mean 0.9625766871165639; Max. 1.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:4RVHC52l1PZ/gMg9xU2n3Q==
case_number_wide
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:IJIeWxpFz3VcEIyho033aQ==
Last_Activity_Date
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:+SMQAvy5+6t3tpNbFM3lcA==
Origin using TribOfOrigin format
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:NWz9GyKRcu0/aJnKXCLkqA==
Tribunal of origin using 'origin' format
f5192020 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:raPnryvN1zxYZfycgcLJcA==
uniqueID
f5192023 Location:	Summary Statistics: Valid 18056.0; Max. 30196.0; StDev 5351.375601565679; Mean 19242.29164820414; Min. 10057.0; Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:W00NVlULq694oiL2wrar7A==
caseDate
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:86ELPbK6y/m1j3v1T7odUA==
Appeal_Dockets
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:5t3BFbs3XPMhFuN8WrkPqA==
docType
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:UKIhD+sixI3fUE8TzVfgyg==
url
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:Wgv0Qbp3d25KB3QD68apNA==
Withdrawn
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:htMsuxQkunqgXM/L/sSy6A==
Replaced_Notes
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:uy2GL5TJ6lEKhbAVfMtcvQ==
CloudLink
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:kvxK9mOnFP9u6M+z4/awdw==
DataSource
f5192023 Location:	Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:578e2sqXNMOJ+lIztjeCCQ==
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	2021-09-17 Code for analyzing just dockets from 2015.do
Notes:	application/x-stata-syntax
Other Study-Related Materials
Label:	2021-09-17 Code for conducting full analysis of missing decisions over all times.do
Text:	Code used for draft version released on SSRN on September 20, 2021
Notes:	application/x-stata-syntax