What is the Destiny of Patents of Brazilian Universities?

Abstract

The power of patent is expressed when the innovative product or process goes to market, and the exclusive right that patent ensures generates the market power, and the holder possibility to obtain competitive advantage over competitors. Thus, it becomes compelling the discussions on the universities need for transformation of patent applications efforts into granted patents, which could be negotiated with a higher degree of juridical certainty and, consequently, higher value added. To establish an Index of Patents Granting, and understand the importance of Technological Innovation Nuclei for the increase of this index, it was developed a survey on the number of patents granted to Brazilian universities and evaluated the structure of Technological Innovation Nuclei of these universities. From the survey on the granting cases, it was verified that the universities presenting, among other characteristics, better structured Technological Innovation Nuclei stood out.

Organizational Factors that Affect the University-Industry Technology Transfer Processes of a Private University

“…Production of high-level research is influenced by the university's ability to recruit and retain qualified researchers working at the forefront of worldwide science progress, which is essential for innovating thinking (Park and Lee, 2011;Querido, Lage and Vasconcellos, 2011) and requires academic policies designed to achieve this goal. Caldera and Debande (2010) highlight there is a higher number of patent and license registrations to universities that run engineering and biomedical schools.…”

“…UITT intermediaries, including the TTOs, are essential for the success of this process (Querido, Lage and Vasconcellos, 2011;Guarnica and Torkomian, 2009). TTOs depend on information from researchers about their marketable findings; however, in many instances that fails to occur because researchers are unable to see such potential .…”

“…One of the most important factors for the TTOs' level of participation in research, TT, and relationships with the manufacturing industry is the university's enterprising culture, highly influenced by the institution's Rector's or senior management's attitude and level of support (Querido, Lage and Vasconcellos, 2011;Young, 2006). Some of the conditions for a TTO's good performance include its institutional independence and the experience of its team (Rahal, 2008).…”

“…PUCRS university policies include entrepreneurship and innovation among the university's management pillars, written into its statutes, and significantly help create an academic environment conducive to UITT (Santos and Solleiro, 2006;Querido, Lage and Vasconcellos, 2011). This environment is extolled by the interviewees.…”

Patentes Acadêmicas X Patentes Universitárias: Uma Avaliação Do Inventor Acadêmico Nas Patentes Depositadas Pela via PCT 2002-2012

“…Neste mesmo âmbito, o Brasil tem também evoluído quanto ao envolvimento de suas universidades em atividades de patenteamento. Porém, até mesmo pelas mais recentes regulamentações locais, os principais estudos apresentados relativos ao caso brasileiro têm incidido nas instituições titulares dos pedidos de patentes universitárias, bem como têm focado predominantemente em pedidos de proteção realizados no mercado nacional (QUERIDO; LAGE; VASCONCELLOS, 2011;NUNES, 2013).…”