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Comprehensive Patent Data of the German Democratic Republic 1949–1990

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  • Hipp Ann

    (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)

  • Fritsch Michael

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany)

  • Greve Maria

    (Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany)

  • Günther Jutta

    (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)

  • Lange Marcel

    (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)

  • Liutik Christian

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany)

  • Pfeifer Beate

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany)

  • Shkolnykova Mariia

    (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)

  • Wyrwich Michael

    (University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)

Abstract

We document the generation and the content of the Comprehensive Patent Database (CPDB) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (1949–1990), which is freely available at GESIS https://doi.org/10.7802/2448. The database contains all patents granted in the GDR and published by the Office of Inventions and Patents (later: German Patent and Trade Mark Office/DPMA). The core database covers the years 1950–1990 and contains 24 variables with manually cleaned and processed information on a total of 261,822 unique patents of the GDR.

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  • Hipp Ann & Fritsch Michael & Greve Maria & Günther Jutta & Lange Marcel & Liutik Christian & Pfeifer Beate & Shkolnykova Mariia & Wyrwich Michael, 2024. "Comprehensive Patent Data of the German Democratic Republic 1949–1990," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 244(1-2), pages 149-158, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:244:y:2024:i:1-2:p:149-158:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2022-0058
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    Keywords

    patent data; German Democratic Republic (GDR); invention;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • P29 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Other
    • P39 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Other
    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian

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