Patents_Drug: Drug Patent

Description Usage Format Details Source

Description

A property right issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to an inventor for a limited time, in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted. Drugs may be issued multiple patents.

Usage

1

Format

a tibble with 6 variables:

number

The patent number(s) associated with the drug

country

The country that issued the patent rights

approved

The date that the patent request was filed

expires

The date that the patent rights expire

pediatric-extension

Indicates whether or not a pediatric extension has been approved for the patent. Granted pediatric extensions provide an additional 6 months of market protection

parent_key

drugbank id

Details

Each drug may have one or more patent.

Source

Drugbank Documentation


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