Earliest Priority Selector

Click here to download Earliest Priority Selector

 >>> Save the '.rar' file in a folder called Ealiest Priority Selector.

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Before start using the Earlier Priority Selector (EPS), install the ActivePython available a:

http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

>>> Check if your Windows is 32 bits or 64 bits.

  
User Guide

The EPS was developed to select the first priority of a Patent Family contained in records indexed in Derwent Innovations Index (DII) database.
The program works only with '.txt' files.
 
To treat a 'txt' file, follow the steps:
1) Paste the file to be treated (input file) in the EARLIEST PRIORITY SELECTOR folder.
2) Open the 'EARLIEST PRIORITY SELECTOR.py'.
3) Write the input file name in the field indicated. It is indispensable to add the file extention (.txt), otherwise the program will not run.
4) Write a name to the output file (different from the input file name). Again, it is indispensable to add the file extention (.txt).
5) Wait until the end of the treatment and then press 'enter' to finnish the process.
 The treated file (output file) will be located at the EARLIEST PRIORITY SELECTOR folder.
  

How to cite the EPS software

Milanez, D.H., Milanez, M.G., Faria, L.I.L., Amaral, R.M. & Gregolin, J.A.R. (2013). The Earliest Priority Selector for Compiling Patent Indicators. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Infometrics Conference (ISSI '13). Vienna: Austria. p. 1950-1953.