==Data Sources==
Data has been extracted from the '''[[USPTO Bulk Data]]''', the '''[[Harvard Dataverse]]''', and '''[[Lex Machina]]''', an online patent litigation database. {{#section:USPTO_Bulk_Data_Processing|bulk}}{{#section:Harvard_Dataverse|dataverse}}The [[Patent|Patent Database]] contains the merged datasets from the USPTO bulk data and Harvard Dataverse using SQL. Specifics on how the datasets were merged are given in [[Patent Data Processing - SQL Steps]].
==Database Specifics==