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 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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