Análise das patentes desenvolvidas em instituições federais de ensino superior do Piauí

Abstract

Technological innovation is one of the key factors in boosting development in a given location. At the same time, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play an important role in the development of industrial properties, promoting the transfer of knowledge and technology to the productive sector. In view of this, the objective was to analyze patent applications filed by Federal HEIs based in Piauí. Specifically, the objectives were: to verify the annual evolution of patent production; identify the predominant areas/subareas of the International Patent Classification; investigate the status of applications filed by each Institution. To this end, publicly accessible patent information made available on the National Institute of Industrial Property website was used. The research is quantitative and exploratory with data analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results pointed to an increase in the number of patent applications filed by the Federal University of Piauí after 3 years, but the same did not occur with the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí. Even so, both represent more than 60% of the deposits made on Piauí soil. However, a high number of requests were rejected, archived and numbered annulled, mainly referring to deposits made until the end of 2017, with the main causes being non-payment of annual fees, failure to meet deposit requirements, lack of application examination requirements on time. However, there was a gradual improvement in relation to applications filed from 2018 onwards.