Australian Patent Counts by Postcode from 2010 to 2014

2010-2014 data from the City of Melbourne Open Data platform contains counts of standard and innovation patents issued to residents or corporations by postcode. The dataset serves as an indicator of innovation and knowledge production, focusing on inventions and incremental technological advances. File formats include JSON and CSV under a CC-BY license.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic innovation clusters by mapping patent counts across Australian postcodes
• Compare the distribution of standard patents versus innovation patents to study types of technological advancement
• Use postcode-level patent data as a feature for regional economic or research investment models

Strengths

• Explicit temporal coverage from 2010 to 2014 provides a defined five-year analysis period
• Distinguishes between standard patents for inventions and innovation patents for incremental advances
• Published by an authoritative municipal source, the City of Melbourne Open Data

Limitations

• Unknown row and column counts prevent assessment of dataset scale and feature richness
• Sample data and file sizes are unavailable, hindering preview of data structure and volume
• Data is temporally stale, covering a period ending a decade prior to the last update in 2026

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Counts of patents issued to resident persons or corporations, categorized as standard or innovation patents.

Time Range

2010-2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-20, but primary data covers 2010-2014.

Geography

Australia, aggregated by postcode.