The NBER ([http://www.nber.org/ National Bureau of Economic Research]) Patent Data Project is an ongoing effort to update, maintain and enhance the NBER Patent Data, which provides academic datasets on patent filings in the U.S. The [http://www.nber.org/patents/ official NBER Patent Data website] is the primary source of information.
*The "original" 1963-1999 release of the patent data, with citations from 1975-1999, is available from the [http://www.nber.org/patents/ NBER website]
*The 1963-2002 update, with citations from 1975, to the NBER patent data is available from [http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~bhhall/patents.html Bronwyn Hall's patent pages]
*The 1963-2006 update is available from the [https://sites.google.com/site/patentdataproject/Home Patent Data Project (PDP)] homepage, as is an enhanced COMPUSTAT assignee match table. Citations datafor 1975-2006, and the issue data, are is available from [http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~bhhall/NBER06.html Bronwyn Hall's 2006 update page].
*A 2008 release is currently planned by [http://people.bu.edu/cockburn/ Iain Cockburn]
The work on the 2008 patent data release includes:
#[[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
#Installing and configuring the [[Patent Data Project Wiki]]
==Notes==
*The NBER data considers only [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/patdesc.htm Utility Patents]
*Various [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/classification/index.jsp USPTO resources] are available to help understand patent classifications
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