Historic Art Unit Reports

Historic Art Unit Reports provide deep data concerning Art Units at historic points in time, or over a historic period.  These reports are especially useful in patent litigation and intellectual property valuation contexts because the value of a patent can be enhanced or eroded by the factors surrounding its examination.  They are also useful in general intellectual property and policy research.

Historic Art Unit Reports are available for any U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Art Unit, for any point in time or time period in which the Art Unit existed, from 1995 onward. These reports include the following information:

Historic Art Unit Reports - Basic  (from $2,399.00, for a report from 1 year ago)

- Historic Background, Technological Field, and Staffing and Contact Information Concerning the Art Unit at a Given Point in Time;

- Historic Patent & Non-Patent Rates for Resolved Applications at that Point in Time;

- Comparisons to Patent & Non-Patent Rates of All of the Latest Applications Handled by Examiners in other Art Units (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General) at that Point in Time;

- Average Pendency of Applications Handled by the Art Unit at that Point in Time;

- Comparisons to Application Pendencies for Examiners in other Art Units (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General) at that Point in Time;

- A Sample of Applications Handled by the Art Unit at that Point in Time;

- A Sample of Patents Issued by the Art Unit at that Point in Time; and

- Analyses Based on the Data.

Historic Art Unit Reports - with Trends  (from $5,740.00, for a report from 1 year ago)

- All Data Included in the Basic Historic Art Unit Reports, Detailed Above, Plus:

- Patent Rate & Non-Patent Rate Trends for the Latest Available Month and Year (Month-over-Month, and Year-over-Year) at that Point in TIme;

- Comparisons to Patent Rate & Non-Patent Rate Trends for Applications in other Art Units (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General) at that Point in Time;

- Pendency Trends for the Latest Available Year and Month (Month-over-Month, and Year-over-Year) at that Point in Time;

- Comparisons to Application Pendency Trends of Examiners in other Art Units (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General) at that Point in Time;

- Analyses Regarding the Trends, Described Above.

Historic Art Unit Reports - Multi-Year with Trends (from $10,333 for a 2-year Historical Period Ending 1 year ago; 2- and 3-year Historical Periods Ending up to 20 year ago available)

- All Data Included in the Basic Historic Art Unit Reports, Detailed Above, Plus:

- All Data Included in the Historic Art Unit Reports with Trends, Detailed Above, Plus: 

- Comprehensive Patent Rate & Non-Patent Rates for the Historic 2- or 3-Year Period;

- Advanced Patent & Non-Patent Rate Trends over those Periods;

- Comparisons of Patent Rate & Non-Patent Rate Trends over those Historic Periods to All Applications Handled by Examiners in other Art Units (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General);

- Pendency Data for Applications Handled by the Art Unit over those Historic Periods;

- Advanced Historic Pendency Trends over those Periods;

- Comparisons of Pendency Trends over those Historic Periods to Applications Handled by Other Examiners (Applications in Similar Fields and at the PTO in General); and

- Analyses Based on the Data.

Historic Art Unit Reports - Advanced (from $18,739.00 for a report from 1 year ago)

- All Data Included in the Basic Historic Art Unit Reports, Detailed Above, Plus:

- All Data Included in the Historic Art Unit Reports with Trends, Detailed Above, Plus:

- All Data from the Multi-Year with Trends Historic Art Unit Reports (3-Year Version or All Available Data), Detailed Above, Plus:

- Advanced Background, Technological Field and Staffing Data (Including Experience in Classes and Subclasses);

- Historic Workload Data for the Art Unit, for the Period Covered;

- Comparisons of the Art Unit's Workload in the Latest Available Year of the Period to Previous Years' Workloads;

- Comparisons of the Art Unit's Workload in the Latest Year of the Period to Average Workload of Other Art Units and Examiners at the PTO in General;

- A Listing of Classes and Subclasses Handled by the Art Unit during the Period;

- A Listing of Other Art Units Handling Classes and Subclasses Examined by the Art Unit Subject to the Report during the Period;

- Comparisons of Patent & Non-Patent Rates of All Art Units Handling the Same Subject Matter during the Period;

- Comparisons of Pendency of Applications in All Art Units Handling the Same Subject Matter during the Period; and

- Advanced Analysis.