==Data Sources==
Data has been extracted from the [[USPTO bulk dataBulk Data]], the Harvard Dataverse, and Lex Machina, an online patent litigation database. {{#section:USPTO_Bulk_Data_Processing|bulk}}
The [[Patent|Patent Database]] contains the merged datasets from the USPTO bulk data and Harvard Dataverse using SQL. Specifics on how the datasets were merged are given in [[Patent Data Processing - SQL Steps]].