This file contains information on all invention patents applied for at the Chilean IP Office in 2010 and earlier
that were classified in at least one of 3 pharmaceutical and medical product areas (ISIO 14, 15,16). 

Please cite these data as the following:

Abud Sittler, María José, Bronwyn H. Hall, and Christian Helmers. 2015. An Empirical Analysis of Primary and Secondary Pharmaceutical Patents in Chile.
PLOS One. NBER Working Paper No. 20995.

Contains data from C:\Users\Bronwyn Hall\Documents\Dropbox\PatChile\data\BHH\cl_patent_pharma_export.dta
  obs:        17,962                          Chilean pharma patents with all their data
 vars:            12                          27 Feb 2015 14:00
 size:    12,501,552                          
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              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
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date_expire     int     %d                    Chilean patent expiration date
date_pres       int     %d                    Chilean patent application date
date_pub        int     %d                    Chilean patent publication date
date_reg_pat    int     %d                    Chilean patent grant decision date
inv_nom         str128  %128s                 Inventor names
nro_reg         long    %12.0g                Patent registration (grant) numbrr
pat_class       str180  %180s                 Chilean patent classification(s)
pro_nom         str120  %120s                 Chilean patent owner
pro_pais        str2    %9s                   Country of patent owner
sol_nro         str9    %9s                   Chilean patent app number
status          byte    %13.0g     slab       Status of patent application
titulo          str244  %244s                 Title of patent application
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Sorted by:  sol_nro  pro_nom 

Unique observations are given by sol_nro (application number) and pro_nom (applicant or owner, may be more than one)

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sol_nro                                                                                                    Chilean patent app number
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                  type:  string (str9)

         unique values:  17956                    missing "":  0/17962

              examples:  "199801232"
                         "200102019"
                         "200402630"
                         "200700891"

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pro_nom                                                                                                         Chilean patent owner
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                  type:  string (str120)

         unique values:  3733                     missing "":  0/17962

              examples:  "BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA KG"
                         "GLAXO GROUP LIMITED"
                         "NOVARTIS AG"
                         "SK CHEMICALS CO., LTD."


               warning:  variable has embedded blanks