Initial Data Released
The data associated with our recent paper, The Federal Circuit and Patentability: An Empirical Assessment of the Law of Obviousness, is available below (in Excel/XLS and Comma-Separated-Value/CSV formats).
// Summary of the Dataset //
- Start Date: March 8, 1990
- End Date: May 25, 2005
- Records: 480
- Inclusion criteria: An observable analysis of obviousness in a Federal Circuit opinion from 1/1/1990 to 5/25/2005. (Note that this means that there are more records than cases.)
// Data Files //
- Field Descriptions [ XLS File ] [ CSV File ]
- Data File [ XLS File ] [ CSV File ]