Sustainability in Mineral Exploration—Exploring Less Invasive Technologies via Patent Analysis Ruiz Coupeau, Stephane Jürgens, Björn Keßelring, Michaela Herrero Solana, Víctor Airborne electromagnetic Less invasive technologies Technology watch Patent analysis Patent landscaping This paper presents a bibliometric study on patents and scientific publications related to airborne electromagnetic methods used as less invasive technologies in mineral exploration. A statistical analysis of the documents reveals the main players, technology trends, and collaboration patterns via bibliometric techniques. The article aims to analyse the gap between the model of sustainable less invasive innovations and the concrete implementation of the technology pull. Special attention is paid to the enablers of sustainable development and their presence in the technology landscape for less invasive exploration technologies. 2021-01-28T11:55:24Z 2021-01-28T11:55:24Z 2020-11-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ruiz-Coupeau, S., Jürgens, B., Keßelring, M., & Herrero-Solana, V. (2020). Sustainability in Mineral Exploration—Exploring Less Invasive Technologies via Patent Analysis. Sustainability, 12(22), 9761. [doi:10.3390/su12229761] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66104 10.3390/su12229761 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España Mdpi