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Abstract type representing a type of patent analysis.

Dispatch type indicating an analysis of patent data grouped by applicants.

Dispatch type indicating that an analysis of frequencies should be conducted.

Abstract type representing a possible grouping variable in a patent analyis.

Dispatch type indicating an analysis of patent data grouped by jurisdictions.

Dispatch type indicating a trend analysis should have monthly resolution.

Struct representing a database filter using a custom taxonomy.

• taxonomy: The name of the taxonomy by which to filter.
• included_taxa: The names of the individual taxa to include. If an empty list is passed, all known taxa within the taxonomy are included.

Dispatch type indicating an analysis of patent data grouped by a custom taxonomy.

Abstract type representing the temporal resolution of a trend analysis.

Dispatch type indicating an analysis of patent data over time (trend analysis).

Dispatch type indicating a trend analysis should have yearly resolution.

Define a custom taxonomic group of applications/families, with membership based on an AbstractFilter.

Required arguments:

• ds: The data source on which to operate. Membership information for the new taxon is stored in this data source.
• taxonomy_name: The name of the taxonomic system, e.g. "base_material".
• taxon_name: The name of the taxon or group within the system, e.g. "steel", "wood", etc.
• filter: An AbstractFilter that determines which applications or families are included in the taxon.

Keyword arguments:

• expand = true: Toggles whether existing membership entries for the taxon are left in place. Otherwise, the taxon is fully redefined based on the filter specified, without respecting existing memberships.

prepdata(
    ds::AbstractDataSource,
    type::Analysis,
    level::AnalysisLevel,
    [filter::AbstractFilter],
    [g1::Grouping],
    [g2::Grouping],
    [g3::Grouping]
)::DataFrame

Perform data retrieval and calculation for an analysis, yielding the results as a DataFrame.

Parameters (in order):

• ds: The AbstractDataSource containing the data for the analysis.
• type: The type of Analysis to be conducted.
• level: The DataLevel for the analysis, e.g. ApplicationLevel(), FamilyLevel() etc.
• filter (optional): A filter defining the subset of data to be included in the analysis. If not specified, all data stored in ds is included.
• g1 - g3 (optional): Up to three Grouping categories to use in the analysis.