Certificates of Correction

Certificates-of-Correction (C-of-C) File (2010 - present) contains a listing of all Certificates of Correction for US patent documents and lists the following fields: Document Number; Publication Date; and Kind of Document Code (always "X6"). Layout information for the Certificates of Correction File is provided and additional information regarding Certificates of Correction can be found on the list at the following location https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-26
Updated: 2023-12-26

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Dates Available Jan 05, 2010 – Dec 26, 2023

Patent grant full text data/APS

Contains (JAN 1976 - DEC 2001) the full text of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) (excludes images/drawings and reexaminations). The file format is Green Book, ASCII text and includes tables and "in-line" mathematical equations.
Updated: 2008-09-05

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Dates Available Jan 06, 1976 – Sep 05, 2008

Orders sub-class

This is one of three Orders intermediate files used to generate the four datasets are also available for download.
Updated: 2015-06-25

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Dates Available Jun 25, 2015 – Jun 25, 2015

CPC MCF for U.S. patent grants

Contains Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) classification information for all Utility patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1790 to present. It is available as XML with schemas or text monthly (usually by the 15th of the month).
Updated: 2021-04-01

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Dates Available Jul 26, 2018 – Apr 01, 2021

CPC MCF for U.S. patent applications

Contains Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) classification information for all Utility patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from March 15, 2001 to present. It is available as XML with schemas or text monthly (usually by the 15th of the month).
Updated: 2021-04-01

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Dates Available Jul 26, 2018 – Apr 01, 2021

Patent assignment daily XML (front file)

Contains daily (front file) patent assignment text (no drawings/images) for CY2025 derived from patent assignment recordations made at the USPTO. The file format is eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the Patent Assignment Daily XML (PADX) Version 0.3 Document Type Definition (DTD).
Updated: 2025-04-02

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Dates Available Jan 01, 2025 – Apr 02, 2025

Rescans

Bnnnnn.tar: Rescans of miscellaneous documents from miscellaneous years (1790 - present). The filename relates to the Digital Linear Tape (DLT) cartridge.
Updated: 2023-12-19

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Dates Available May 09, 2014 – Dec 19, 2023

Patent grant full text data/SGML

Contains (JAN 2001 - DEC 2001) the full text of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) in CY2001 (excludes images/drawings and reexaminations). The file format is Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Grant Version 2.4 Document Type Definition (DTD).
Updated: 2001-12-25

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Dates Available Jan 02, 2001 – Dec 25, 2001

Patent grant multi-page PDF images

Contains the images of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) from July 31, 1790 to present in Portable Document Format (PDF) created from the Patent Grant Single-Page TIFF Images. Also included are older grants that have new Certificates-of-Correction (C-of-C) and rescanned images of older patent grants. Each weekly file contains approx. 6,000 patent grants. Approx. 9 GB (compressed) per week.
Updated: 2025-04-01

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Dates Available Jul 31, 1790 – Apr 01, 2025