Get Patent Classification Information

Retrieve U.S. patent Class definitions and subclasses from USPTO Classification Resources.

get_class_info(code, dir = tempdir())

Arguments

code

A vector of USPC classification symbols (e.g., D14).

dir

Directory in which to save results.

Value

A list with an entry for class and description for the entered code, and subclasses

containing a data.frame with a subclass (the subclass code) and description column.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
classifications <- get_class_info(c(428, 429))
}