Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa: a study of patenting activity

This dataset was used to perform the social network analysis in the publication: Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa: a study of patenting activity.

Patent dataset of Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa.pdf comprises a list of patents which was generated following from the Methodology of the publication. It is listed in chronological order. This list of patents was used in 5-year moving window periods to determine the organisational actors who contribute towards knowledge development and knowledge diffusion through networks for orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa. The Methodology of the publication describes how to use these patents to derive organisational actors. This dataset contains a READme.txt file.

本数据集用于支撑下述发表论文中的社交网络分析工作：《南非骨科器械创新：专利活动研究》（Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa: a study of patenting activity）。文件名为Patent dataset of Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa.pdf的专利数据集，收录了基于该论文研究方法生成的专利列表，且按时间顺序排列。上述专利列表被应用于5年移动窗口时段，以识别为南非骨科器械创新领域的知识开发与知识扩散网络作出贡献的组织主体。该论文的研究方法详述了如何通过上述专利提取组织主体。本数据集包含一个READme.txt文件。