Patent Litigation Summary Report Data 1963-2020

In March 2017, the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) first released the Patent Litigation Docket Report data for public use. For cases in the Court Electronic Record (PACER) between 1963 and 2015, information is included on the litigants and their attorneys; the cause of action; the cause of action; the court seat; important dates in the litigation history; and a description of all documents filed in a particular case. In 2019, the data file was updated to the 2016 calendar year and a file containing hand-coded litigated patents and case types was added. As of March 2024, the Patent Litigation Docket Report data has been updated and now includes detailed patent litigation data for nearly 97,000 unique district court cases filed through 2020, and also includes updated information on cases that were still in progress as of the last expansion and update of the collection data.