This page contains links to empirical studies and data files produced by faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law.

Jason Rantanen

Empirical Analyses of Judicial Opinions: Methodology, Metrics, and the Federal Circuit, 49 Conn. L. Rev. 227 (2016) - 2016 Empirical Analyses of Judicial Opinions.pdf

• Appendix A: Empirical Studies of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Appendix A (49 Conn L Rev 227).xlsx
• Appendix B: Overall Reversal and Claim Construction Reversal Rates of the Federal Circuit in Appeals Arising from the District Courts - Appendix B (49 Conn L Rev 227).xlsx
• Appendix C: Reversal Rates Calculated Based on UGA Dataset - Appendix C (49 Conn L Rev 227).xlsx
• PatStats Coding - PatStats Coding (49 Conn L Rev 227).xlsx

The Federal Circuit's New Obviousness Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study, 16 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 709 (2013)

2013 Federal Circuit's New Obviousness Jurisprudence.pdf

• Dataset for The Federal Circuit's New Obviousness Jurisprudence - CAFC_Patent_Obviousness_Final_2013-6-25.xlsx
• Codebook for The Federal Circuit's New Obviousness Jurisprudence - Obviousness Codebook Final 2013-07-05.pdf