A text-embedding-based approach to measuring patent-to-patent technological similarity

Daniel S. Hain*, Roman Jurowetzki, Tobias Buchmann, Patrick Wolf

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Abstract

This paper describes an efficiently scaleable approach to measuring technological similarity between patents by combining embedding techniques from natural language processing with nearest-neighbor approximation. Using this methodology, we are able to compute similarities between all existing patents, which in turn enables us to represent the whole patent universe as a technological network. We validate both technological signature and similarity in various ways and, using the case of electric vehicle technologies, demonstrate their usefulness in measuring knowledge flows, mapping technological change, and creating patent quality indicators. This paper contributes to the growing literature on text-based indicators for patent analysis. We provide thorough documentation of our methods, including all code, and indicators at https://github.com/AI-Growth-Lab/patent_p2p_similarity_w2v).

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer121559
TidsskriftTechnological Forecasting and Social Change
Vol/bind177
ISSN0040-1625
DOI
StatusUdgivet - apr. 2022

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