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Proc & Handling | Information Storage | Heating | Genetics | Gas | Furniture,House Fixtures | Electronic business methods and software | Electrical Lighting | Electrical Devices | Earth Working & Wells | Drugs | Computer Peripherials | Computer Hardware & Software | Communications | Coating | Apparel & Textile | Amusement Devices | Agriculture,Husbandry,Food | Agriculture,Food,Textiles'", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "nbers", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Assignees", "API Field Name": "nber_total_num_assignees", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of unique assignees on patents within a NBER subcategory", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "nbers", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Inventors", "API Field Name": "nber_total_num_inventors", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of unique inventors on patents within a NBER subcategory", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "nbers", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Patents", "API Field Name": "nber_total_num_patents", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of patents within a NBER subcategory", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "Abstract", "API Field Name": "patent_abstract", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Abstract of the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "full text"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Average Processing Time", "API Field Name": "patent_average_processing_time", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Average processing time for patents in the same USPC mainclass category as the selected patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Country", "API Field Name": "patent_country", "Type Of field ": "Drop Down Menu", "Description": "Country in which the patent was granted, always U.S.", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "US", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Grant Date", "API Field Name": "patent_date", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Date patent was granted", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "date"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Assignee City", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_assignee_city", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "City of the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) assignee on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Assignee Country", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_assignee_country", "Type Of field ": "Drop Down Menu", "Description": "Country of the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) assignee on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "List of countries", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Assignee ID", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_assignee_id", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Assignee ID (assignee_id) for the first-named (i.e. first in the list) assignee on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "First Named Assignee Latitude", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_assignee_latitude", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Latitude of the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) assignee on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "float"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", 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"Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "List of states", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor City", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_inventor_city", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "City of the location of the the first-named (i.e. first in the list) inventor on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor Country", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_inventor_country", "Type Of field ": "Drop Down Menu", "Description": "Country of the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) inventor on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "List of countries", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor ID", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_inventor_id", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Inventor ID (inventor_id) for the first-named (i.e. first in the list) inventor on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor Latitude", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_inventor_latitude", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Latitude of the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) inventor on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "float"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor Location ID", "API Field Name": "patent_firstnamed_inventor_location_id", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Unique database ID for the location of the first-named (i.e. first in the list) inventor on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "First Named Inventor 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"Drop down values": "A | E | S | I5 | P | B1 | B2 | S1 | H | H1 | H2 | P2 | P3 | E1 | I4", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number Cited by US Patents", "API Field Name": "patent_num_cited_by_us_patents", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Number of times the patent was cited by other US patents", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "Number Cited by US Patents for Location", "API Field Name": "patent_num_cited_by_us_patents_for_location", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Number of times a patent was cited by other US patents for a selected location", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "Number of Claims", "API Field Name": "patent_num_claims", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Number of claim statements on the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number of Combined Citations", "API Field Name": "patent_num_combined_citations", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Number of patents and applications cited by the selected patent. This is the sum of citations of US patents, foreign patents, and US applications", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number of Foreign Citations", "API Field Name": "patent_num_foreign_citations", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Number of foreign patents cited by the selected patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number of US Application Citations", "API Field Name": "patent_num_us_application_citations", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Number of US applications cited by the selected patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number of US Patent Citations", "API Field Name": "patent_num_us_patent_citations", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Number of US patents cited by the selected patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Number", "API Field Name": "patent_number", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "US Patent number, as assigned by USPTO", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Processing Time", "API Field Name": "patent_processing_time", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Time from filing application date to grant date for the patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Title", "API Field Name": "patent_title", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Title of the  patent", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "full text"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Type", "API Field Name": "patent_type", "Type Of field ": "Drop Down Menu", "Description": "Category of patent. There are 6 possible type: \"Defensive Publication\" - 509, \"Design\" - 474736, \"Plant\" - 21052, \"Reissue\" - 16416, \"Statutory Invention Registration\" - 2254, \"Utility\" - 4910906.", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NULL | Defensive Publcation | Design | Plant | Reissue | Statutory Invention Registration | TVPP | Utility", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "patents", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Year", "API Field Name": "patent_year", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Year patent was granted", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "First Seen Date", "API Field Name": "uspc_first_seen_date", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Grant date of the earliest patent in the database within a USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "date"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Last Seen Date", "API Field Name": "uspc_last_seen_date", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Grant date of the most recent patent in the database within a USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "date"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Mainclass ID", "API Field Name": "uspc_mainclass_id", "Type Of field ": "Open Field with link to Data Values", "Description": "ID of the USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/selectbynum.htm", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Mainclass Title", "API Field Name": "uspc_mainclass_title", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Description of USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "N", "Common Name": "Number of Patents for Location", "API Field Name": "uspc_num_patents_for_location", "Type Of field ": "NA", "Description": "Number of patents within a USPC mainclass for a given location", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Subclass ID", "API Field Name": "uspc_subclass_id", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "ID of USPC subclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Subclass Title", "API Field Name": "uspc_subclass_title", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, No Validation", "Description": "Description of USPC subclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "string"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Assignees", "API Field Name": "uspc_total_num_assignees", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of unique assignees on patents within a USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Inventors", "API Field Name": "uspc_total_num_inventors", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of unique inventors on patents  within a USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}, {"Sort": "Y", "Group": "uspcs", "Query": "Y", "Common Name": "Total Number of Patents", "API Field Name": "uspc_total_num_patents", "Type Of field ": "Open Field, Validation", "Description": "Total number of patents within a USPC mainclass", "Return": "Y", "Drop down values": "NA", "Type": "integer"}]