Google Patents Public Data

field name	mode	type	description
publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Patent publication number (DOCDB compatible), eg: 'US-7650331-B1'
application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Patent application number (DOCDB compatible), eg: 'US-87124404-A'. This may not always be set.
country_code	NULLABLE	STRING	Country code, eg: 'US', 'EP', etc
kind_code	NULLABLE	STRING	Kind code, indicating application, grant, search report, correction, etc. These are different for each country.
application_kind	NULLABLE	STRING	High-level kind of the application: A=patent; U=utility; P=provision; W= PCT; F=design; T=translation.
application_number_formatted	NULLABLE	STRING	Application number, formatted to the patent office format where possible.
pct_number	NULLABLE	STRING	PCT number for this application if it was part of a PCT filing, eg: 'PCT/EP2008/062623'.
family_id	NULLABLE	STRING	Family ID (simple family). Grouping on family ID will return all publications associated with a simple patent family (all publications share the same priority claims).
spif_publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	SPIF standard (spif.group) publication number, after 2000
spif_application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	SPIF standard (spif.group) application number, after 2000
title_localized	REPEATED	RECORD	The publication titles in different languages
abstract_localized	REPEATED	RECORD	The publication abstracts in different languages
claims_localized	REPEATED	RECORD	For US publications only, the claims in plain text
claims_localized_html	REPEATED	RECORD	For US publications only, the claims in HTML
description_localized	REPEATED	RECORD	For US publications only, the description in plain text, limited to the first 9 megabytes
description_localized_html	REPEATED	RECORD	For US publications only, the description in HTML, limited to the first 9 megabytes
publication_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The publication date.
filing_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The filing date.
grant_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The grant date, or 0 if not granted.
priority_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The earliest priority date from the priority claims, or the filing date.
priority_claim	REPEATED	RECORD	The application numbers of the priority claims of this publication.
inventor	REPEATED	STRING	The inventors.
inventor_harmonized	REPEATED	RECORD	The harmonized inventors and their countries.
assignee	REPEATED	STRING	The assignees/applicants.
assignee_harmonized	REPEATED	RECORD	The harmonized assignees and their countries.
examiner	REPEATED	RECORD	The examiner of this publication and their countries.
uspc	REPEATED	RECORD	The US Patent Classification (USPC) codes.
ipc	REPEATED	RECORD	The International Patent Classification (IPC) codes.
cpc	REPEATED	RECORD	The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) codes.
fi	REPEATED	RECORD	The FI classification codes.
fterm	REPEATED	RECORD	The F-term classification codes.
locarno	REPEATED	RECORD	The Locarno classification codes.
citation	REPEATED	RECORD	The citations of this publication. Category is one of {CH2 = Chapter 2; SUP = Supplementary search report ; ISR = International search report ; SEA = Search report; APP = Applicant; EXA = Examiner; OPP = Opposition; 115 = article 115; PRS = Pre-grant pre-search; APL = Appealed; FOP = Filed opposition}, Type is one of {A = technological background; D = document cited in application; E = earlier patent document; 1 = document cited for other reasons; O = Non-written disclosure; P = Intermediate document; T = theory or principle; X = relevant if taken alone; Y = relevant if combined with other documents}
parent	REPEATED	RECORD	The parent applications (continuations, etc). Category is one of {continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional}.
child	REPEATED	RECORD	The child applications (continuations, etc). Category is one of {continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional}.
entity_status	NULLABLE	STRING	The USPTO entity status (large, small).
art_unit	NULLABLE	STRING	The USPTO art unit performing the examination (2159, etc).
title_localized.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
title_localized.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
title_localized.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
inventor_harmonized.name	NULLABLE	STRING	Name
inventor_harmonized.country_code	NULLABLE	STRING	The two-letter country code
priority_claim.publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [publication_number]
priority_claim.application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [application_number]
priority_claim.npl_text	NULLABLE	STRING	Free-text citation (non-patent literature, etc).
priority_claim.type	NULLABLE	STRING	The type of reference (see parent field for values).
priority_claim.category	NULLABLE	STRING	The category of reference (see parent field for values).
priority_claim.filing_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The filing date.
assignee_harmonized.name	NULLABLE	STRING	Name
assignee_harmonized.country_code	NULLABLE	STRING	The two-letter country code
examiner.name	NULLABLE	STRING	Name
examiner.department	NULLABLE	STRING	The examiner's department
examiner.level	NULLABLE	STRING	The examiner's level
uspc.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
uspc.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
uspc.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
uspc.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
description_localized_html.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
description_localized_html.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
description_localized_html.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
description_localized.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
description_localized.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
description_localized.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
claims_localized_html.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
claims_localized_html.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
claims_localized_html.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
claims_localized.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
claims_localized.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
claims_localized.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
abstract_localized.text	NULLABLE	STRING	Localized text
abstract_localized.language	NULLABLE	STRING	Two-letter language code for this text
abstract_localized.truncated	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this text truncated?
ipc.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
ipc.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
ipc.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
ipc.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
cpc.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
cpc.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
cpc.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
cpc.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
fi.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
fi.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
fi.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
fi.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
fterm.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
fterm.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
fterm.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
fterm.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
locarno.code	NULLABLE	STRING	Classification code
locarno.inventive	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification inventive/main?
locarno.first	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is this classification the first/primary?
locarno.tree	REPEATED	STRING	The full classification tree from the root to this code
citation.publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [publication_number]
citation.application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [application_number]
citation.npl_text	NULLABLE	STRING	Free-text citation (non-patent literature, etc).
citation.type	NULLABLE	STRING	The type of reference (see parent field for values).
citation.category	NULLABLE	STRING	The category of reference (see parent field for values).
citation.filing_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The filing date.
parent.publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [publication_number]
parent.application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [application_number]
parent.npl_text	NULLABLE	STRING	Free-text citation (non-patent literature, etc).
parent.type	NULLABLE	STRING	The type of reference (see parent field for values).
parent.category	NULLABLE	STRING	The category of reference (see parent field for values).
parent.filing_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The filing date.
child.publication_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [publication_number]
child.application_number	NULLABLE	STRING	Same as [application_number]
child.npl_text	NULLABLE	STRING	Free-text citation (non-patent literature, etc).
child.type	NULLABLE	STRING	The type of reference (see parent field for values).
child.category	NULLABLE	STRING	The category of reference (see parent field for values).
child.filing_date	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The filing date.