Municipal Patent Counts With Per-Capita Metrics 2010-2014

City of Melbourne Open Data provides a dataset on patents granted to municipal residents from 2010 to 2014. It includes counts of standard and innovation patents, normalized to a per 100,000 population figure.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between per-capita patent counts and municipal innovation indicators
• Compare the volume of standard patents versus innovation patents across different municipalities
• Model innovation output using per 100,000 population patent figures as a dependent variable

Strengths

• Data covers a defined five-year period from 2010 to 2014
• Includes a calculated per 100,000 population metric for cross-area comparison
• Distinguishes between standard patents for inventions and innovation patents for incremental advances

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and specific column structure limit analytical planning
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing data format and completeness
• Geographic scope is unclear beyond being municipal-level data

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Counts derived from patents granted to resident persons or corporations, normalized by municipal population.

Time Range

2010-2014

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in March 2026, but underlying data covers 2010-2014.

Geography

Municipalities (specific locations unknown)