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Getting Started with PATSTAT Register
Author(s) -
de Rassenfosse Gaétan,
Kracker Martin,
Tarasconi Gianluca
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12214
Subject(s) - register (sociolinguistics) , cover (algebra) , computer science , database , world wide web , engineering , linguistics , mechanical engineering , philosophy
This article provides a technical introduction to the PATSTAT Register database, which contains bibliographical, procedural and legal status data on patent applications handled by the European Patent Office. It presents eight MySQL queries that cover some of the most relevant aspects of the database for research purposes. It targets academic researchers and practitioners who are familiar with the PATSTAT database and the MySQL language.