Published Patent Applications in Colombia from 2000 Onward

Colombian patent applications published from the year 2000 to the present date. The dataset includes details on applicants, inventors, classifications, and filing procedures. It is published by the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) via the datos.gov.co platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze patent application trends over time using the `Año de Publicación` and `Fecha de publicacion` columns.
• Map the geographic distribution of inventors and applicants using the `Region`, `Ciudad`, and `Pais` columns.
• Study the sectoral focus of innovation by categorizing patents using the `Sector` and `Clasificacion` columns.
• Identify resident versus non-resident patenting activity by filtering the `Residente` and `País Nom` columns.
• Profile individual inventors or corporate applicants by aggregating records based on the `Inventor` and `Solicitante` fields.

Strengths

• Covers over two decades of data from 2000 onward
• Contains 16 distinct columns detailing application metadata

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale
• Sample data unavailable to verify data quality and completeness
• Potential geographic bias as data is specific to Colombia

Provenance

Source

Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC), Colombia

Collection Method

Government registry of published patent applications

Time Range

2000 to present

Freshness

Updated as of December 2025.

Geography

Colombia