Mapeamento patentário sobre veículos cosmonáuticos no Brasil

Abstract

Access to space is recognized as a strategic factor for the aerospace industry, a fact that has generated a great acceleration in the development of this industry since the Second World War and, in its entirety, made with the contribution of governments, either in cooperation or autonomously. Thus, space projects are being transferred to the private sector, due to the appearance of several companies focused on the development of low-cost technologies for access to space. Thus, with the use of patent analysis, the presence of the aerospace industry in Brazil and its influence was studied, evaluating from the infrastructure for launching a rocket, the rocket itself, the payload that constitutes the development in the aerospace field. It is concluded that patent mapping for cosmonautic vehicles is a viable tool for monitoring and managing technology, since patent documents are rich sources of technical information.