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The Magic Number Excel format provides a Header Row to describe the data contained in each column. This is the description of each column:
USPTO_Apps or USPTO_Issued
Document Number. For Applications, this is the Application Serial Number. For Patents, this is the issued patent number.
Within the Patent Forecast, Our team provides two levels of classification. The highest level is called a 'Category'. In some cases, a document can have multiple categories, separated by commas.
The second level of classification is called a 'Tag'. A document can have multiple tags, separated by commas.
The title of the invention, as written by the inventor.
A Hyperlink to the USPTO Full Text database to retrieve the full document text in original format.
A Hyperlink to the Magic Number Patent Matrix® Diagram that speeds up claims analysis and research.
A Hyperlink to the USPTO Portable Document Format scan of the application or patent, which includes the figures and original cover sheet.
A Hyperlink to Google Patents
The Application Serial Number assigned that can be used to pair up an Application and an Issued Patent.
Magic Number regularly scans the Assignments database to watch for change of ownership of intellectual property. The Core Assignee is our representation of a corporation or firm that currently owns a patent or application.
Magic Number disambiguates corporate entities that may have different spelling, spacing, or punctuation. The Stem is the shortest unique representation of a Core Assignee.
The individuals named as inventors when the application was filed or the patent issued.
In format YYYY-MM-DD
In format YYYY-MM-DD
Cooperative Patent Classification, assigned by USPTO Examiners.
High level description of the invention, in English.