@article{29097,
      recid = {29097},
      author = {Daly, Alica and Valacchi, Giulia and Raffo, Julio},
      title = {Mining patent data: Measuring innovation in the mining  industry with patents},
      pages = {62 pages ;},
      abstract = {Traditionally, the mining sector has been considered a  slow innovator compared to other industries, like the  manufacturing or pharmaceutical industries. However, we  observe an upsurge in the innovation activity of the mining  industry in the first half of the 2000s. During this  period, mining innovation started to increase rapidly after  periods of stagnation and downward trends. To conduct and  in-depth investigation of the global trends and patterns  behind this structural change in mining innovation, we  formulated a general search strategy to identify patent  activity in this sector. The strategy is repeatable over  time and in multiple databases. It enabled us to produce a  dataset of patents in mining and mining-related  technologies. Using this newly-created database we  identified at the basis of the structural change a switch  away from refining technologies into exploration and  environmental technologies probably explained by the took  over of the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution. The types  of actors active in the mining innovation also changed  across time: there are now many more individuals, research  centers and universities innovating in mining and  relatively less companies. Finally, the country composition  in the pool of mining innovation activity has radically  changed with the appearance of China on the global scene  starting from early 2000.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/29097},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.29097},
}