Marine Bioprospecting Patent Database: Global Analysis of Gene Applications

A global catalog of marine-derived genes appearing in patents, containing 1,676 patent texts analyzed via structural topic modeling and large language model-assisted classification. The dataset was created by Erik Zhivkoplias and last updated on 2026-05-21. It includes a curated subset of 221 patent claims specifically mentioning marine enzymes.

Use Cases

• Mapping technological themes in marine biotechnology based on patent text analysis.
• Analyzing actor contributions (private vs. public sector) to marine gene innovation based on patent filings.
• Identifying applications of marine enzymes for sustainability objectives based on the curated claims subset.

Strengths

• Contains 1,676 patent texts, providing a substantive corpus for analysis.
• Includes a manually curated subset of 221 patent claims focused on marine enzymes.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the primary data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 1.3 MB file size suggests a relatively small dataset, potentially limiting scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Erik Zhivkoplias.

Collection Method

Analysis of the Marine Bioprospecting Patent Database using structural topic modeling and LLM-assisted classification.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 04:35:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global