The Trademark Case Files Dataset contains detailed information on 12.7 million trademark applications filed with or registrations issued by the USPTO between October 1870 and March 2024. It is derived from the USPTO main database for administering trademarks and includes data on mark characteristics, prosecution events, ownership, classification, third-party oppositions, and renewal history.
A document describing these data is available(link is external) and can be cited as: Graham, Stuart J.H. and Hancock, Galen and Marco, Alan C. and Myers, Amanda F., The USPTO Trademark Case Files Dataset: Descriptions, Lessons, and Insights (January 31, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2188621
For questions, please email EconomicsData@uspto.gov
Documentation
Trademark Case Files Dataset Documentation
- Data schema
- Variable tables
- Event description [.dta format (17.8 KB)] [.csv format (12.4 KB)]
- Madrid Event description [.dta format (2.73 KB)] [.csv format (1.69 KB)]
These data comprise an aggregation of raw XML data found here.
Download full set of 2023 data files [.dta format (4.19 GB)] [.csv format (4.33 GB)]
| File Name | 2011 | 2021** | 2022** | 2023**^^ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case_file | DTA 219 MB | CSV 206 MB | DTA 393 MB | CSV 372 MB | DTA 413 MB | CSV 390 MB | DTA 441 MB | CSV 414 MB |
| correspondent_domrep_attorney | DTA 288 MB | CSV 222 MB | DTA 487 MB | CSV 396 MB | DTA 370 MB | CSV 414 MB | DTA 393 MB | CSV 441 MB |
| event | DTA 425 MB | CSV 434 MB | DTA 951 MB | CSV 0.977 GB | DTA 0.99 GB | CSV 1.04 GB | DTA 1.07 GB | CSV 1.13 GB |
| owner | DTA 393 MB | CSV 305 MB | DTA 817 MB | CSV 580 MB | DTA 687 MB | CSV 613 MB | DTA 710 MB | CSV 658 MB |
| owner_name_change | DTA 2.57 MB | CSV 2.94 MB | DTA 2.07 MB | CSV 2.8 MB | DTA 2.07 MB | CSV 2.8 MB | DTA 2.09 MB | CSV 2.81 MB |
| classification | DTA 65.3 MB | CSV 78.5 MB | DTA 130 MB | CSV 145 MB | DTA 137 MB | CSV 153 MB | DTA 148 MB | CSV 164 MB |
| intl_class | DTA 27.6 MB | CSV 38.6 MB | DTA 51 MB | CSV 71.5 MB | DTA 53.6 MB | CSV 75.2 MB | DTA 57.9 MB | CSV 80.6 MB |
| us_class | DTA 58.2 MB | CSV 73.2 MB | DTA 114 MB | CSV 143 MB | DTA 120 MB | CSV 150 MB | DTA 129 MB | CSV 161 MB |
| statement | DTA 420 MB | CSV 450 MB | DTA 1.05 GB | CSV 1.09 GB | DTA 1.12 GB | CSV 1.17 GB | DTA 1.22 GB | CSV 1.27 GB |
| design_search | DTA 12.3 MB | CSV 12.7 MB | DTA 22.8 MB | CSV 23.5 MB | DTA 24 MB | CSV 24.7 MB | DTA 25.4 MB | CSV 26.2 MB |
| foreign_app | DTA 4.77 MB | CSV 4.51 MB | DTA 11.5 MB | CSV 7.26 MB | DTA 11.9 MB | CSV 7.54 MB | DTA 13.1 MB | CSV 8.09 MB |
| prior_mark | DTA 8.27 MB | CSV 8.44 MB | DTA 12.6 MB | CSV 12.9 MB | DTA 12.9 MB | CSV 13.2 MB | DTA 13.5 MB | CSV 13.9 MB |
| madrid_intl_file | DTA 561 KB | CSV 657 KB | DTA 2.16 MB | CSV 2.64 MB | DTA 2.38 MB | CSV 2.9 MB | DTA 2.72 MB | CSV 3.31 MB |
| madrid_event | DTA 1.24 MB | CSV 1.35 MB | DTA 5.77 MB | CSV 6.5 MB | DTA 6.44 MB | CSV 7.25 MB | DTA 7.36 MB | CSV 8.26 MB |
| tm_app_daily | DTA 0.536 KB | CSV 0.336 KB | DTA 0.912 KB | CSV 0.407 KB | DTA 0.917 KB | CSV 0.412 KB | DTA 1.62 KB | CSV 1.17 KB |
Download individual data files (the direct download pages are here): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014*, 2015**, 2016*, 2017**, 2018**^, 2019**, 2020**, 2021**, 2022**, 2023**^^
* Note: the 2014 and 2016 DTA files have been created using the Stata-13 format. Long string values are stored using the new strL variable type. Consequently, the length variables for long strings are no longer required.
** Note: the 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 DTA files have been created using the Stata-14 format. Long string values are stored using the new strL variable type. Consequently, the length variables for long strings are no longer required.
^ Note: Serial numbers without a filing date were excluded from the 2018 update. To obtain data on the excluded serial numbers use a prior version of the dataset and filter based on a missing filing date.
^^ Note: Starting with the 2023 update, the source data now includes both historical and daily files from the raw XML (found here), as described in the tm_app_daily data table.
2011: [.dta format (1.88 GB)] [.csv format (1.79 GB)]
UPDATE for 2012: [.dta format (2.02 GB)] [.csv format (1.93 GB)]
UPDATE for 2013: [.dta format (2.16 GB)] [.csv format (2.07 GB)]
UPDATE for 2014*: [.dta format (1.91 GB)] [.csv format (2.22 GB)]
UPDATE for 2015**: [.dta format (2.4 GB)] [.csv format (2.44 GB)]
UPDATE for 2016*: [.dta format (2.54 GB)] [.csv format (2.59 GB)]
UPDATE for 2017**: [.dta format (2.83 GB)] [.csv format (2.81 GB)]
UPDATE for 2018** ^: [.dta format (2.99 GB)] [.csv format (3 GB)]
UPDATE for 2019**: [.dta format (3.2 GB)] [.csv format (3.21 GB)]
UPDATE for 2020**: [.dta format (3.47 GB)] [.csv format (3.49 GB)]
UPDATE for 2021**: [.dta format (3.98 GB)] [.csv format (3.79 GB)]
UPDATE for 2022**: [.dta format (3.91 GB)] [.csv format (4.02 GB)]
UPDATE for 2023**^^: [.dta format (4.19 GB)] [.csv format (4.33 GB)]
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