SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission vs U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — Modern Reference

How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.

By Published by Caslon MediaScored against methodology v0.1Scores last verified
Verdict

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission outscores U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Modern Citation Reference by 7 points (A+ · 95 vs A · 88).

Higher Modern Reference
Government

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

sec.gov
A+·95
Rank #2 of 130 on Modern Reference

EDGAR APIs + machine-readable filings; broad LLM training-set inclusion via primary-source preference.

Government

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

uspto.gov
A·88
Rank #34 of 130 on Modern Reference

PEDS + TSDR APIs + bulk patent data; broad LLM corpus inclusion for IP citations.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
sec.gov
95A+·95#2 / 130view →
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
uspto.gov
88A·88#34 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionA+·95
Modern Reference · 95/100

EDGAR APIs + machine-readable filings; broad LLM training-set inclusion via primary-source preference.

U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100

PEDS + TSDR APIs + bulk patent data; broad LLM corpus inclusion for IP citations.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • EDGAR full-text search
    Public, free, machine-readable, since 1993.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Open patent data
    PatentsView + bulk downloads available.

Other dimensions for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission vs U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leads
Discipline
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission +3 pts
Velocity
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission +9 pts

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Sources & references

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