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U.S. Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Grant (Patent Grant Sequence) (1790 - April 2018)
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Current U.S. classification information for all patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1790 to May 2018. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses.
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U.S. Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Grant (Patent Grant Sequence) (July 31, 1790 - May 2018) (mcfpat.zip)
Current U.S. classification information for all patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from July 31, 1790 to May 2018. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in patent grant sequence, by patent grant number with the current U.S. original classification/subclassification and any cross-reference classification/subclassifications. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 119 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Available 6 times a year from https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/data/patent/classification
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- 006:070
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- 1790-07-31/2018
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