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  • Intellectual Property Analysis
  • Geospatial Data Science
  • Innovation Studies

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  • Traditional patent analysis often overlooks geographic distribution.
  • Established patent offices may create biases in data.
  • Understanding inventor and applicant locations is crucial for innovation mapping.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a geocoded database of patenting activity.
  • To enable fine-grained geographic analysis of innovation.
  • To mitigate biases associated with traditional patent data sources.

Main Methods:

  • Geocoding of inventor and applicant locations from 18.8 million patent documents.
  • Allocation of geocoded data to countries, regions, and cities.
  • Imputation of missing address information using subsequent patent family filings.

Main Results:

  • A comprehensive dataset with geographic coordinates for over 18.8 million patent documents.
  • Geocoded data spanning over 30 years, allocated to specific geographic levels.
  • Methodology to address missing address information, enhancing data completeness.

Conclusions:

  • The developed database facilitates detailed geographic studies of patenting activity.
  • This resource can reveal innovation patterns at a granular level.
  • The approach reduces bias, offering a more equitable view of global innovation.