The impact of metadata on the accuracy of automated patent classification

World Patent Information

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-26

  Richter, Georg ^a   MacFarlane, Andrew ^b  

^a THOMSON SCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Information Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated classification; Bibliographic data; Classifier committee; International Patent Classification; Inventors; Metadata; Patent classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844282048     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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