Mapping the Landscape of Blockchain Technology Knowledge: A Patent Co-Citation and Semantic Similarity Approachopen access
- Authors
- Kim, B.T.-S.; Hyun, E.-J.
- Issue Date
- 1-Mar-2023
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT); blockchain technology; co-citation network; natural language processing; patent data; semantic analysis
- Citation
- Systems, v.11, no.3
- Journal Title
- Systems
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 3
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/31068
- DOI
- 10.3390/systems11030111
- ISSN
- 2079-8954
2079-8954
- Abstract
- The potential applications of blockchain technology across various business functions and industries have generated significant interest. However, its underlying knowledge structure remains unclear. This study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the technological domain and knowledge structure of blockchain technology by analyzing 4753 USPTO patent data from 2008 to 2019. We used multiple approaches, such as analyzing patent filing volumes, constructing co-citation networks, and examining text (patent abstract) data with a variant of bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT). The results demonstrate the advantages of using an NLP-based BERT text analysis approach for examining technological knowledge and relationships within the blockchain technology field. Our findings reveal that the field of blockchain technology is expanding and diversifying, with increasing patent filings in both cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technologies and growing knowledge similarity between these two subdomains. We also found that patent assignees (companies) engage differently in innovative activities within the blockchain technology domain based on their prior experience in the field. These results hold potential for informing future research in emerging technology studies and guiding industry and policy decisions related to blockchain technology. © 2023 by the authors.
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