Text Mining-Based Patent Analysis of Blockchain Technology Applications

Abstract

This study focuses on the emergence of blockchain-related technologies regarding patenting activity. Blockchain technology has gained the attention of the general public. It has intensified in recent years, making it a fascinating subject of study for a patent analysis to scrutinize the evolution of this technology. However, research using the patent landscape to study the evolution of blockchain technologies is scarce. This article follows a unique methodology and comprehensive search strategy based on patent mapping and text mining to identify and categorize Blockchain patent documents extracted from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization databases. This methodology and dataset can be used for patent landscaping exercises or bibliometric analysis