A set of 8,728 priority documents with simple and INPADOC extended family data for use in examining the difference between patent family sizes under different definitions. The table is derived from a search using Patsnap for documents containing the term drone or drones in the patent claims. Note that number formats for Patsnap differ from those used by Clarivate Analytics for the same data.
data("patsnap_family")
A data frame with 18,970 observations of 12 variables:
application_numberThe application number, a character vector
application_dateThe application date as YYYY-MM-DD, character
priorityGenerated by combining the priority country and priority number field from Patsnap
priority_dateThe priority_date as YYYY-MM-DD, a character vector
family_memberssimple family members, a character vector
family_member_countA count of simple family members, a character vector
inpadoc_family_membersINPADOC Family Members, a character vector
inpadoc_family_member_countA count of INPADOC Family Members, a character vector
publication_numberA single patent publication number to assist with external lookup, a character vector
filing_orderRecords that the dataset contains the earliest priority number from a set of priorities linked to the family, a character vector
family_varianceThe difference between the inpadoc_family_member_count and the family_member_count, a character vector
Patsnap data uses number formats including "/" and will not harmonise with data from Clarivate Analytics DWPI in this package without additional work.