File Name: WIPOapp_basedat

Observations: 1,798,289

Sorted by Unique Index: pub_no

Description: Basic information for each WIPO patent application published between 1999 and 2012.

Variables

Variable	Type	Len	Columns in Ascii File	Description
Pub_No	Char	20	1-20	Publication Number, the unique id for each published application (The code is actually 14 digits. However in the course of our work, it was first saved as 20 digits, with 6 blanks in spots 15-20, and we have left it this way.)
Intl_App_No	Char	30	21-50	International Application Number
Pub_Date	Char	10	51-60	Publication Date (10 digit format, 4-digit year+’.’+2-digit month+’.’+2-digit day)
Intl_File_Date	Char	10	61-70	International Application Filing Date (10 digit format, 4-digit year+’.’+2-digit month+’.’+2-digit day)
Pub_lang2	Char	2	71-72	Publication Language, 2-Digit Code
Filing_lang2	Char	2	73-74	Filing Language, 2-Digit Code
Title_EN	Char	250	75-324	Title in English
Office_Country	Char	2	325-326	Office of the country where patent was initially filed.