Patent Grant Full-Text Data (No Images) - APS

Contains the concatenated full-text of each patent grant document issued weekly (Tuesdays) from January 1, 1976 to present (excludes images/drawings). This is the subset of the Patent Grant Full Text Data with Embedded TIFF Images.

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creationMethod Learn more about dataset's creation method at: https://data.uspto.gov/bulkdata/datasets/ptgraps
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notes Contains the concatenated full-text of each patent grant document issued weekly (Tuesdays) from January 1, 1976 to present (excludes images/drawings). This is the subset of the Patent Grant Full Text Data with Embedded TIFF Images.
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title Patent Grant Full-Text Data (No Images) - APS