Tailings Dam Monitoring Patents: Who Leads, Trends 2026
- Thin field, concentrated top. 16 published records sit behind this search, with a single leader at 8 filings and four other assignees trailing well behind.
- Geophysics dominates the claims. 93.8% of the 16 records touch G01V geophysics and gravity surveying, and 43.8% also touch G01R electric and magnetic measurement.
- 2023 was the peak filing year. Filings ran from zero in 2017 to a high of 9 in 2023, before publication lag pulls the most recent years down.
A narrow, instrument-led corner of mine-waste patenting
Tailings dam monitoring sits at the intersection of geotechnical hazard management and subsurface sensing. The 16 published records captured under this search string describe instruments and modeling methods for tracking dam stability, not the broader tailings-storage or waste-processing patents that surround it. That narrow scope is itself informative: this is a field defined by how a dam is watched, more than by what is done with the material inside it.
Filing activity is recent and modest in volume, running from 2015 with a first recorded year of activity in 2017 and a peak of 9 records in 2023. Because publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, the most recent years in the trend understate real filing activity rather than signalling a slowdown.
Let an AI agent run this analysis on your own technology
Pick a task. Every answer cites the patents behind it.
Filing trend and technology composition
The two views below cover the same 16 records from different angles: when the filings happened, and which technical classes they touch.
Filings by year
Activity begins at zero in 2017, builds toward a peak of 9 records in 2023, and tapers into 2026 — the tail end of the window where publication lag means the true count is still incomplete.
IPC subclass composition
G01V (geophysics and gravity surveying) appears in 93.8% of the 16 records, making it the near-universal technical anchor for this field. G01R (electric and magnetic measurement) appears in 43.8%, while G05B (control and regulating systems) and G06Q (business, commerce and administrative data processing) each appear in only 6.3%, marking them as thin, largely unclaimed branches.
Shares are the percentage of the 16 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Go deeper on Tailings & Mine-Waste Management: Tailings Dam Monitoring Patent Landscape with Eureka
This page is one run against one query. Ask Eureka your own question about tailings & mine-waste management: tailings dam monitoring patent landscape and every answer comes back with the patent numbers behind it.
Try EurekaThe most-cited record in this set
System and Method for Combined Streaming Potential and Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Modeling
Techniques for improved modeling of subsurface formations are disclosed that employ a combination of streaming potential and controlled source electromagnetic techniques to gain an improved understanding of subsurface conditions.Filed by ESG Solutions Group Inc., published 2024-03-14 as US20240085584A1.
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20240085584A1 | System and Method for Combined Streaming Potential and Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Modeling | 1 |
| 2 | WO2022251921A1 | A geophysical data acquisition device | 1 |
Citation counts favour older filings inside a searched corpus and should be read as a signal of influence, not of current importance.
Publication numbers are shown where the record carries one (2 of 2 rows); clicking a row searches Eureka by that number.
Put your own technology through the same analysis
Eureka on the web
When you want the answer in the next five minutes.
The agent works the prompt against patents and technical literature, citing every source.
Run your analysis now →MCP server & REST API
When it has to run inside your own pipeline.
Patent search, landscape analysis and assignee resolution as MCP tools. Drop them into any agent framework, or call REST directly.
Browse MCP servers →What the numbers mean for filing strategy
Three patterns stand out once the record count, the class composition and the filing trend are read together.
One assignee leads a thin field
The ranked leader holds 8 of the records in a five-company ranking where fifth place holds 1. With only 16 records in scope overall, this is a leadership position built on a small absolute base, not a saturated market.
Geophysical sensing is the default claim territory
Nearly every record in scope touches G01V geophysics and gravity surveying, which functions as the shared technical baseline for the whole field rather than a differentiator.
Activity is recent and still settling
The trend runs from zero recorded filings in 2017 to a peak of 9 in 2023, with the 2026 figure necessarily incomplete given an 18-month publication lag.
Eureka can read the same corpus for gaps instead of for coverage: under-claimed branches adjacent to tailings & mine-waste management: tailings dam monitoring patent landscape, with the prior art for and against each one.
Who is filing, and where the gate sits
The ranking returned by this search covers five assignees; it is the whole list, not a filtered top tier.
The scale leader
One assignee accounts for the largest share of the ranked leaders at 8 records, well ahead of the rest of the field, but recorded no filings in the latest year — consistent with a portfolio built earlier in the window.
A university enters late
Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun is the only assignee among the five with a filing recorded in the latest year, suggesting fresh, likely academic-driven interest even as earlier corporate filers have gone quiet.
Filing is mostly solo
Only one co-assignee pairing appears across the dataset, between two individual-named filers, indicating that most work in this field is filed by a single owner rather than through joint ventures.
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| GRAPHIC ERA HILL UNIV DEHRADUN | 1 | — |
| BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd | 0 | — |
| ESG Solutions Group Inc. | 0 | — |
| KINGMAN JOHN EDWARD ELLIS | 0 | — |
| BUSUTTIL STEPHEN | 0 | — |
Where to take this analysis
This landscape is a starting point for deciding where to file, whom to watch, and where a design-around is realistically open.
Map the white space in control and data layers
G05B and G06Q each appear in only 6.3% of the 16 records, well behind the geophysical sensing classes. That gap is where claim scope on automated response and data workflows is least contested.
Explore white space in EurekaTrack the newest entrant's follow-on filings
Graphic Era Hill University is the only assignee with recorded activity in the latest year. Watching its follow-on publications will show whether this is a one-off filing or the start of a sustained academic program.
Set up assignee tracking in EurekaFrequently asked questions
This search returns 16 published records covering the period 2015 to 2026. That is a small, tightly scoped set defined around the monitoring and sensing side of tailings dam management, not the broader universe of tailings storage or mine-waste processing patents. The count should be read as a starting map of a niche technical field rather than as exhaustive coverage of every related filing.
The dataset's assignee ranking lists five companies, with the leader holding 8 of the ranked records and the fifth-place assignee holding 1. That is a real but narrow lead inside a small ranking, not a dominant market position across the whole field. Readers should treat this as the leading filer within the scope of this search string, and verify independently before drawing conclusions about market share.
The dominant IPC subclass is G01V, geophysics and gravity surveying, present in 93.8% of the 16 records, reflecting the field's reliance on subsurface sensing methods. G01R, electric and magnetic measurement, follows at 43.8%. G05B (control and regulating systems) and G06Q (business, commerce and administrative data processing) each appear in only 6.3% of records, marking them as the least developed technical branches in this search.
The recorded trend rises from zero filings in 2017 to a peak of 9 in 2023, then tapers toward 2026. No growth rate can be stated from this evidence because fewer than four complete filing years remain once an typical 18-month publication lag is accounted for. The most useful reading is that 2023 marks the busiest year documented so far, with the true trajectory of 2024 to 2026 still emerging as filings publish.
US20240085584A1, filed by ESG Solutions Group Inc. and published 2024-03-14, describes a system and method combining streaming potential and controlled-source electromagnetic modeling to improve understanding of subsurface conditions. It is the most-cited record in this dataset, which signals influence within the searched corpus rather than confirmed technical superiority. Anyone building electromagnetic or streaming-potential based monitoring instruments should review its claim scope directly rather than relying on the citation count alone.
Research Tailings & Mine-Waste Management: Tailings Dam Monitoring Patent Landscape in depth with Eureka
Go past this page: query the whole tailings & mine-waste management: tailings dam monitoring patent landscape corpus yourself, in your own scope.
Every answer comes back with patent numbers you can open.
Disclaimer. This page is generated from Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent and scientific-literature records, and is provided for general information and reference only.
Patent data carries inherent limitations: recent filings (typically the most recent 18–24 months) are under-counted due to standard publication lag; counts may be reported at either a patent-family or a patent-record basis and are not always directly comparable; classification, applicant-name, and citation data may contain errors, duplicates, or omissions; and the underlying search query defines and constrains the scope shown. As a result, the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing on this page constitutes an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate, or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial, investment, or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Any patent, commercial, or strategic decision should be verified independently and reviewed with qualified patent, legal, and domain professionals. Patsnap makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose of the information presented.
Machine translation. Assignee and organisation names originally recorded in Chinese, Japanese or Korean have been rendered into English by an AI translation step so that the tables stay readable. These renderings are best-effort and may not match a company’s registered English name; the original name is what the underlying patent record carries, and it is what any Eureka query launched from this page uses.