Tag: PATSTAT

Chart of the Week April 21, 2023: Blockchain’s broadening applications

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Summary: The creation of bitcoin introduced the blockchain technology more than a decade ago. In the early days when the blockchain technology was just made known to the world, there was a plethora of potential applications proposed by blockchain enthusiasts. Fourteen years on, we look at how the blockchain has expanded its applications through the […]

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Missing Information in PATSTAT Database? Impute it!

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Data quality is paramount for educated decision-making for businesses, governments, academics and individuals alike. When data is not complete, its analyses lead to biased results which could have far-reaching consequences. PATSTAT, a global database of patent statistics published by European Patent Office (EPO), draws on data from over 100 million patents from 196 patent offices […]

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