The Government Patent Register: Data and Documentation

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The Government Patent Register: Data and Documentation
Gross, Daniel; Sampat, Bhaven, 2024, "The Government Patent Register: Data and Documentation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BDCCN9, Harvard Dataverse, V6, UNF:6:q0DkRW8Nf0DKdpW9Gw7zoQ== [fileUNF]
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This repository provides the Government Patent Register, a dataset of U.S. government interest patents sourced from administrative records, accompanying the following article: Gross, Daniel P. and Bhaven N. Sampat. 2025. “The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting." Research Policy, 54(1), 105142. (2025-06-07)
Subject Social Sciences
Keyword Patents, Patent data, Patent policy, Public R&D
Related Publication Gross, Daniel P. and Bhaven N. Sampat. 2025. “The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting.” Research Policy, 54(1), 105142.
Notes Abstract: We introduce new historical administrative data identifying U.S. government-funded patents since the early twentieth century. In addition to the funding agency, the data report whether the government has title to the patent ("title" patents) or funded a patent assigned to a private organization ("license" patents). The data include a large number of "license" patents that cannot be linked to government funding from patent text or other sources. Combining the historical data with modern administrative sources, we present a public, consolidated data series measuring U.S. government-funded patents---including funding agencies---through 2020, and we provide code to extend this series in the future. We use the data to document long-run patterns in U.S. government-funded patents and federal patent policy, propose ways in which these data can be used in future research, and discuss limitations of the data. UPDATE AS OF JUNE 7, 2025: we have added an extension to the Government Patent Register that extends the data through 2024.
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DATA FILE: Government Patent Register, 1836-2020
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