A dataset of Inventor-Patent Matches for Elite Inventors in the National Inventors Hall of Fame

NIHF release dataset Files-----01_nihf_inventors_release.csv Inventor-level metadata for NIHF inductees, including seed patent identifiers. 02_nihf_inventor_patent_links_high_medium_release.csv Recommended release version containing high- and medium-confidence inventor–patent linkages. 03_nihf_inventor_patent_links_all_release.csv Full linkage layer containing high-, medium-, and low-confidence inventor–patent linkages. 04_nihf_data_dictionary_release.csv Variable-level data dictionary for the release files. Recommended usage-----------------Use 02_nihf_inventor_patent_links_high_medium_release.csvfor most downstream analyses. The all-release file is provided for transparency, methodologicalreproducibility, and exploratory analysis. Notes-----This release focuses on inventor–patent linkage data rather thanfull patent metadata. Additional patent-level variables such ascitations, classifications, assignees, and text fields can beretrieved by linking the provided patent identifiers to externalpatent databases.