About
The Global Patent Database is an academic research project for studying invention, technological capability, and the geography of innovation.
The platform starts with source-level patent records, geography, classification, and clear methods. From there, the same evidence base supports Data delivery, Atlas exploration, and question-led Intelligence.
Research
Data
Data provides geocoded patent extracts for research and reproducible analysis.
Exploration
Atlas
Atlas explores technological capability by place, domain, and relationship.
Analysis
Intelligence
Intelligence answers focused questions from the same evidence base, with sources and assumptions visible.
A research project by Nicholas Sweeney.