This file describes the data on eco_control_master. The file itself is in stata version 12 format. The appln and publn variables are the same as those on PATSTAT, which can be consulted for exact code definitions.

 

These links may be useful:

https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/business/patstat.html#tab-1 

https://ideas.repec.org/p/iae/iaewps/wp2014n08.html

 

 

  obs:           698                          Master list of ecopatents and matched controls - Apr17 patstat

 vars:            21                          26 Jul 2017 13:46

 size:        85,854                          (_dta has notes)

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              storage   display    value

variable name   type    format     label      variable label

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appln_auth      str2    %9s                   Application Authority

appln_filing_date int   %td                   Application filing date

appln_id        long    %12.0g                Application id PATSTAT APR 2017

appln_id_old    long    %10.0g                nonpermanent Patstat appln id from 2011

ecopc           byte    %9.0g                 Dummy for eco-patent

entry_date      int     %d                    Date firm entered commons

equivalent      str8    %9s                   Sample id (eco & con followed by seq num)

grant_date      int     %d                    Date patent granted

gyear           int     %9.0g                 Year of patent grant

id              str14   %14s                  Unique publn id PATSTAT APR 2017

legal_date      int     %td..                 Date of April 2017 legal status

legal_date_old  int     %td                   Date of Feb/Mar 2011 legal status

legal_status    int     %17.0g     lslbl      Legal status as of April 2017, ecopc only

legal_status_old int    %28.0g     lsolbl     Legal status as of February/March 2011

publn_auth      str2    %9s                   Publication authority

publn_date      int     %td                   Publication date

publn_kind      str2    %9s                   Publication kind (see patstat for defs)

publn_nr        str12   %12s                  Publication number

publn_year      int     %9.0g                 Publication Year (created)

sample94        byte    %9.0g                 Dummy (priority patent)

std_name        str53   %53s                  Standardized name of patent owner

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Sorted by: appln_id