Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be

Impact
From 438,366 unique names to 438,074 unique names, an additional reduction of 292 names,
or a total reduction of 5,648 names (1.3%).
1.2.2 Remove double quotation mark irregularities
Description
Names beginning or ending with a double quotation mark should not contain a space after the
beginning quotation mark or before the ending quotation mark respectively.
Analysis
Names that have a space after the beginning or before the ending double quotation mark are
identified by querying the data for the following pattern: """ %" or "% """
29 names were identified that have spaces after the beginning or before the ending of the
double quotation mark.
Implementation
All spaces after the beginning or before the ending of the double quotation mark are removed
by executing several update queries on the data.
Results
Spaces after the beginning and before the ending double quotation marks have been removed
in 29 names.
Impact
From 438,074 unique names to 438,069 unique names, an additional reduction of 5 names, or a
total reduction of 5,653 names (1.3%).
1.2.3 Remove double quotation marks at the beginning and the end of a
name
Description
Names that have a double quotation mark at the beginning and the end, and that do not contain
any other double quotation mark, should have quotation marks removed.
Analysis
Names that have a double quotation mark and do not contain any other double quotation mark
are identified by querying the data for the following pattern: “””%””” and not “””%””%”””.
52 names were identified that start and end with a double quotation mark and do not contain
any other double quotation mark.
Implementation
All beginning and ending double quotation marks of names that start and end with a double
quotation mark and do not have any additional double quotation marks were removed by
executing an update query on the data.
Since the removal of double quotation marks at the beginning and the end of a name can lead
to leading spaces, names have to be checked for and trimmed of leading spaces after removal
of double quotation marks.
Results
Beginning and ending double quotation marks have been removed in 52 names.
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