Cast PatentsView data

This will cast the data fields returned by search_pv so that they have their most appropriate data types (e.g., date, numeric, etc.).

cast_pv_data(data)

Arguments

data	The data returned by search_pv. This is the first element of the three-element result object you got back from search_pv. It should be a list of length 1, with one data frame inside it. See examples.

Value

The same type of object that you passed into cast_pv_data.

Examples

fields <- c("patent_date", "patent_title", "patent_year")
res <- search_pv(query = "{\"patent_number\":\"5116621\"}", fields = fields)
cast_pv_data(data = res$data)
#> #### A list with a single data frame on a patent level:
#> 
#> List of 1
#>  $ patents:'data.frame':	1 obs. of  3 variables:
#>   ..$ patent_date : Date[1:1], format: "1992-05-26"
#>   ..$ patent_title: chr "Anti-inflammatory analgesic patch"
#>   ..$ patent_year : int 1992