Table 3.
Publication date | USPTO documents | Gb-PAT documents | Corresponding sequences missing from GB-PAT |
---|---|---|---|
Mar 1982–Jun 1990 | Selected grants were sent to NCBI | 1,005 (23,850 sequences) | Not known |
Jun 1990–Nov 1992 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 1992–Dec 2001 | 18,391 grants | 16,220 grants | 127,588 |
Jan 2001–April 2013 | 97,567 applications | 0 | 78,556,258 |
The last column shows the number of patent sequences that were missing in GB-PAT division and thus not available in machine-searchable form to the public. Individually, an electronic copy of the sequence listing can be requested from USPTO based on a fee set under 37 CFR 1.19(b)(3) (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2435.html).