File Name: USapp_assignee

Observations: 1,763,053

Unique Index: app_publication_num*app_publication_kind*assignee_index

Description: The file contains the assginees listed on each of the US published patent applications in USapp_basedat. To merge into USapp_basedat, merge by app_publication_num*app_publication_kind.

The data set is sorted by app_publication_num*app_publication_kind*assignee_index.

Note that in many cases, assignments are not listed at time of the patent application, but do get listed at the time a patent is granted.

Variables

Variable	Type	Len	Columns in Ascii File	Description
app_publication_num	Char	20	1-20	The application publication number.
app_publication_kind	Char	3	21-23	The application publication kind.
ass_type_code	Char	2	24-25	Assignee type code
assignee_orgname	Char	200	26-225	Name of assignee, if an organization
assignee_firstname	Char	30	226-255	First name of assignee, if a person
assignee_middlename	Char	30	256-285	Middle name of assignee, if a person
assignee_lastname	Char	30	286-315	Last name of assignee, if a person
city	Char	40	316-355	City of assignee
state	Char	2	356-357	State of assignee (if US)
country	Char	2	358-359	Country of assignee (2 digit code)
assignee_index	Num	8	360-367	Order that assignee is listed on patent
assignee_count	Num	8	368-375	Total count of assignees on patent