Abstract
Recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of patents related to products and/or processes from aquatic organisms. Therefore, this paper aims to identify patent documents related to fishery resources available in the Brazilian patent system of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The research involved patents deposited/provided between 1999 and 2019, with the search in the system occurring through the descriptors: fish(s), mollusk(s), crustacean(s), and algae(s). A total of 363 records were found, where the group of fish presented the highest representation (40%), followed by algae (35%), crustaceans (14%), and mollusks (10%). The apex of 34 patent applications was found in the year 2011. Moreover, the results showed that the inventions registered are directed mainly to food, drugs, biocides, cosmetics, cultivation, processing and beneficiation, water treatment, patents for sustainable technologies (green patents), and biotechnology. Brazil holds most patent applications, followed by the United States of America (USA), which focuses its patent applications mainly on algae and fish. Considering the Brazilian biodiversity and the country's technological development in recent years, Brazil needs to expand its technological autonomy and competitive capacity in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, mainly through the strengthening of R&D and innovation activities.
Highlights
Human cognitive ability provides the development of systems and processes that offer new ways to solve problems (WIPO, unpublished data)
When we analyzed the categories in which the records of patents fell into it was noted that the deposits are mainly related to the creation of new equipment, improvement in processing and beneficiation stages, as well as the development of new techniques for cultivating fishery resources (Table II)
The results showed that the main patent applicant in the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI) Database is Brazil, and for information, most of these applications are produced by public universities
Summary
Human cognitive ability provides the development of systems and processes that offer new ways to solve problems (WIPO, unpublished data). The act of creating and perfecting objects or processes is characterized as “invention” (Levin 2004). In possession of these premises, it is evident that man is constantly using his cognitive skills to solve problems, creating or perfecting objects and processes to meet their needs, as in a constant process of (re) invention (Bessant & Tidd 2009). 10 billion by 2050 (UN, unpublished data) with exponential perspectives on needs and challenges, we come to the reflection that a society’s ability to innovate will be crucial to addressing adversities (Alonso-Martínez 2018).
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