USPTO Patent Citation Network Analyzed
A US Patent and Trademark Office (1963–1999) dataset of 3,774,768 nodes and 16,518,947 edges, collected by B.H. Hall et al.. Each record contains directed: True, weighted: False. Massive directed citation network of 3.7M US patents spanning 1963–1999 — one of the largest citation networks available.. Suitable for citation network analysis, technology diffusion, innovation research.