A collection of 7,343 patent applications filed in England between 1783 and 1834, matched with existing patent grant data. It was created for a study on the patent system's success and failure during the Industrial Revolution.
Use Cases
- Analyze the success rate of patent applications by matching application records to grant outcomes over the 51-year period.
- Study temporal trends in patenting activity using the application filing dates from 1783 to 1834.
- Investigate the characteristics of successful versus unsuccessful patent applications within the matched dataset.
Strengths
- Contains 7,343 historical patent application records.
- Provides a 51-year temporal coverage from 1783 to 1834.
- Data is matched with patent grant records, linking application and outcome.
Limitations
- The dataset's structure and specific columns are not described, limiting immediate analytical use.
- Data is historical and may not reflect modern patent systems or classifications.
- The sample size of 7,343 applications may be limited for certain granular analyses over the long time period.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Created as a replication dataset for an academic paper on England's patent system.
- Time Range
- 1783-1834
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- England