File Name: USapp_inventor

Observations: 8,568,499

Unique Index: app_publication_num*app_publication_kind*inventor_index

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

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

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.
inventor_firstname	Char	30	24-53	First name of inventor
inventor_middlename	Char	30	54-83	Middle name of inventor
inventor_lastname	Char	30	84-113	Last name of inventor
city	Char	40	114-153	City of inventor
state	Char	2	154-155	State of inventor
country	Char	2	156-157	Country of inventor
inventor_index	Num	8	158-165	Order that inventor is listed on the patent
inventor_count	Num	8	166-173	Total number of inventors listed on the patent