Propriedade intelectual em biotecnologia: um panorama da pós-graduação nacional

Abstract

The Brazilian scientific production has achieved world prominence. However, technological innovation, primary objective for social development, guaranteed by the deposit of patents, still presents incipient indicators. Biotechnology, as a frontier science, requires the development of products and processes using living organisms or parts thereof. This the innovative results obtained through these techniques must rely on the legal protection of patent applications. However, the culture of intangible knowledge protection through patent still faces a barrier of ignorance. The objective of this study was to understand the relationship between technological innovation process in the biotechnology area and the contribution exerted by university postgraduate programs. In addition, this study aimed to also produce a textbook on patenting in the biotechnology area. Using as primary research source databases available at CAPES, we performed the intersection of quantitative and qualitative information between the proportion of published articles and patent registration. When comparing the last two three-year periods, we identified a significant increase in the number of patent applications, on the number of articles published by members of postgraduate programs in Biotechnology. This quantum leap demonstrates that the valuation policies of technological production by the Biotechnology Area of CAPES is producing a very positive effect. In addition to this study, the thesis also includes a textbook entitled "Patents: a tutorial of intellectual property for the Biotechnology". This book was written in order to serve as a consultation for students and teachers who need guidance on intellectual property. This book should help to increase the patenting culture, instructing the reader on the steps to follow, from the moment of writing the patent until a possible patent license agreement.