Minesoft: opening up the world of chemical innovation

‘Open innovation’ was a term coined by organisational theorist Henry Chesbrough to emphasise that innovators should use internal and external ideas to create value and advance their technology. Patents are an essential source of external ideas and are often the first and only source of public disclosure of a new invention, especially in the world of chemistry.

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