Abstract
Pesticides are designed to protect crops against pests and thereby ensure good harvests. Brazil is a major producer of soybean and sugarcane, competing with the USA on the world market. However, Brazil’s dependency on agricultural pesticides is very high. The aim of the research was to identify the pesticides most imported to Brazil for use on soybean and sugarcane, as well as whether or not the technology is patent-protected in Brazil. The Derwent Innovations Index database was accessed to survey the world's patent filings for insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.The Merck Index was used to identify the numbers of the priority patent applications for each of the pesticides. The Espacenet database was used for identification to patent family. The database of the Brazilian patent office, Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI), was accessed to consult the patent were still valid or had already expired. An analysis of the data reveals that many of the pesticides used on Brazilian crops were patented over 30 years ago. This study found that 84% of the pesticides imported to Brazil can be used on soybean and sugarcane. Although most of these compounds are no longer protected by patents, the Brazilian market is still dominated by their original manufacturers.
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