Featuring 6,050 patent applications, relating to 5,328 granted and 722 non-granted patents filed in England between 1783 and 1834. It was created by Stephen Billington for research on the patent system during the Industrial Revolution.
Use Cases
- Analyze the ratio of granted to non-granted patents over time to study the evolution of the patent system.
- Investigate the temporal distribution of patent applications between 1783 and 1834 for economic history research.
- Study the characteristics of successful versus unsuccessful patent applications during the Industrial Revolution.
Strengths
- Contains 6,050 total patent application records.
- Covers a 51-year period from 1783 to 1834.
- Includes outcomes for applications, with 5,328 granted and 722 non-granted patents.
Limitations
- The specific columns and features of the data are unknown, limiting detailed analysis.
- Data is historical and may not reflect modern patent systems or classifications.
- Sample data is unavailable for previewing the data structure.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1783-1834
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- England