patentr
Access USPTO Bulk Data in Tidy Rectangular Format
Description
Converts TXT and XML data curated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Allows conversion of bulk data after downloading directly from the USPTO bulk data website, eliminating need for users to wrangle multiple data formats to get large patent databases in tidy, rectangular format. Data details can be found on the USPTO website <https://bulkdata.uspto.gov/>. Currently, all 3 formats: 1. TXT data (1976-2001); 2. XML format 1 data (2002-2004); and 3. XML format 2 data (2005-current) can be converted to rectangular, CSV format. Relevant literature that uses data from USPTO includes Wada (2020) <doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03674-4> and Plaza & Albert (2008) <doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1763-3>.
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CRAN Check Status
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| Flavor | Status |
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| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 18, 2026
whether package can be installed
Installation failed. See 'd:/Rcompile/CRANpkg/local/4.6/patentr.Rcheck/00install.out' for details.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
Code & tests
Open call graph →Line coverage
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Expression
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Tests / Examples
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Functions
37 2 exported
Complexity
2.6 avg / 10 max
Call network
37 nodes / 40 edges
Test coverage has not been measured for this package yet; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.
Lowest coverage
Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.
Code
Structure
Lines of code
10,333
Files
30
Compiled share
4%
Has compiled src
Yes
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
2
Internal functions
20
Recent export changes
Testing & CI
Has tests
Yes
Test-to-code ratio
9.78
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Return-value doc rate
100%
\dontrun example ratio
0%
Roxygen coverage
100%
Has pkgdown
No
NEWS present
No
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
0%
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
87.5%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
2.10
System requirements
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C++ standard
–
License
MIT + file LICENSE
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
3
First release
2021-02-08
Latest release
2021-09-12
Avg cadence
108 days
Cold removal rate
–
Dep drift
3
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.