Breakthrough innovations and where to find them

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Giovanna Capponi, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University; Arianna Martinelli, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna; Alessandro Nuvolari, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

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Project Citation: 

Capponi, Giovanna , Martinelli, Arianna , and Nuvolari, Alessandro. Breakthrough innovations and where to find them. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-09-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E149201V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We developed a method that uses award-winning innovations which have been successfully commercialized to identify patents covering breakthrough innovations on a large scale. For the period 1976-2013, in a sample of 138,467 USPTO patents, we identify 17,176 breakthrough innovations. 



Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Patents; Radical innovations
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United Kingdom
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1976 – 2013
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2016 – 2020
Universe:  View help for Universe USPTO patents


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