The chemical stripes package (ChemicalStripes 7 ) and Jupyter notebooks (ULPatentTrends 15 ) provided as part of this work are designed to help environmental researchers explore the possibilities of using patent data to address their environmental questions. This will help facilitate a deeper understanding of regional trends, regulatory impacts, and innovation landscapes in the chemical sector, as well as limitations in this data. Users are encouraged to report any artefacts, since such feedback is crucial for refining the dataset and approaches. Incorporating more sophisticated classification methods in data extraction may help further enhance the accuracy and usability of this data in the future.