Análise de patentes depositadas e concedidas da Universidade Federal do Ceará no Brasil

Abstract

Introduction: Investment in patents are increasingly widespread in capitalism, because all the functioning of the system is related to innovation and scientific and technological progress, where industries and universities have essential function. When such research generates a product, it can be patented, being initially deposited in an intellectual property bank and thus the inventor and his group will have exclusive rights of the product for a period of time, which varies according to the legislation of the country. Objective: Due to the growing interest of universities in innovation, a prospective study on patents deposited by the Federal University of Ceará at INPI was carried out. Methodology: This is a prospective study, carried out from August to November 2016, where searches were carried out on patents deposited by the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) at the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI), which is the body responsible Intellectual property in Brazil. For this, all the patents already deposited by the UFC until the present day were selected. Results: Deposits of 123 patents were found, where 46 had not reached the publication process and 3 had expired. Conclusion: After the patent analysis of the Federal University of Ceará at INPI, it is concluded that the majority is related to the class of products for medical, dental and hygienic purposes and that the interest of the aforementioned university in relation to the protection of intellectual property still It is interesting to have more information on the subject within the university.