in USPTO)</span>
<span class="co"># N.B. it will take a few minutes to run the next line</span>
<span class="fu"><a href="reference/get_bulk_patent_data.html">get_bulk_patent_data</a></span><span class="op">(</span>year <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">1976</span>, <span class="fl">2002</span>, <span class="fl">2006</span><span class="op">)</span>,
                     week <span class="op">=</span> <span