Abstract
The present article aims to assess the innovative activity in the Brazilian most representative sector in biotechnology field. The search was conducted through patent applications of residents at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI - Brazil), from 2000 to 2010. This article will also examine the patent applicants’ profile and the partnerships among academic institutions and private firms in Brazil. The website of European Patent Office (EPO) patent database - Espacenet was used to conduct the survey, and the search strategy fields selected for the patent applications were: (i) Priority Number: BR (Brazil), and (ii) the International Patent Classification (IPC) - C12N, C07K14, and C07H21/04. The patent applications by Brazilian residents, from 2000 to 2010 in the Espacenet for the classifications adopted indicates a total of 396 patent applications in the most representative sectors in biotechnology over the past 10 years. After the Brazilian Innovation Law there is a growth trend line particularly in the years 2007 and 2008. The universities hold 48% of the patent applications in biotechnology, following by Individuals/ Researchers with 20%, Public Research Centers and Private Firms with 15%, and 11% of the total, respectively.
Highlights
Economic globalization forced countries to seek for competitiveness by promoting technological innovation
This law has impacted the management of knowledge in many sectors, especially in those where science is closer to technology, for instance, Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and Biotechnology, has foster partnership for innovation and patent applications
C07K14 – Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins (Melanocytestimulating hormone); Derivatives thereof:This subclass will contain patents in proteomics; be classified as C12N, but if only the temperature system is modified, the patent applications shall not be considered. With this delimitation we aim to identify only those patent applications that develop new biotechnological technologies
Summary
Economic globalization forced countries to seek for competitiveness by promoting technological innovation. The present article aims to assess the innovative activity in the most representative areas in biotechnology through patent applications of residents at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI - Brazil), from 2000 to 2010. Futhermore, the Brazilian Innovation Law launched in 2004, and implemented in 2005 plays a relevant role in the promotion of innovation and scientific-technological research It aims to foster the interaction between the private sector and the academic institutions to strengthen the competitiveness of the national industrial sector. This context has required a new field of knowledge to understand what intangible assets are, and its economic importance In this sense, this scenario has showed how relevant is to study the innovation process at the universities and how they are appropriating the knowledge generated in their research centers in biotechnology field. It is likely to identify “genetic engineering” as the most of patent applications
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