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Patentdaten der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) (1949-1990)

Hipp, Ann; Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria
GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.7802/2448
Abstract: The database contains all patents granted in the GDR and published by the Office of Inventions and Patents (AfEP, later: German Patent and Trade Mark Office/DPMA) in the period between 1 January 1939 (application before but granted in the GDR) and 29 June 2006 (application in but granted after the GDR). The core database covers the years 1950 to 1990 and contains 24 variables with manually cleaned and processed information on a total of 261,822 unique patents of the GDR. The data was collected and prepared for the purpose of research on innovation activity in the GDR.
Availability: Free access (with registration)
Subject area: Economics
Topics: German Democratic Republic | Invention | Patent | Patentrecht | patent | patent law | patent protection | patent system

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2019-06; 2022-05
Geographic coverage: Germany / DE
Sampling Procedure: Total Universe / Complete enumeration
Temporal Research Design: 1950-1989
Mode of Data Collection: Aggregation

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Hipp, Ann; Universität Bremen | Fritsch, Michael; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena | Greve, Maria; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena und Universität Groningen | Günther, Jutta; Universität Bremen | Lange, Marcel; Universität Bremen | Liutik, Christian; Patentinformationszentrum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena | Pfeifer, Beate; Patentin ... more
Publication year: 2022
DOI: 10.7802/2448
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2448
Project funder: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.1, https://doi.org/10.7802/2448
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Hipp, Ann, Fritsch, Michael, Greve, Maria, Günther, Jutta, Lange, Marcel, Liutik, Christian, Pfeifer, Beate, Shkolnykova, Mariia, & Wyrwich, Michael (2022). Patentdaten der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) (1949-1990). GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.7802/2448.

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