Gestão da propriedade intelectual em núcleos de inovação tecnológica: proposta de modelo para avaliação de projetos em universidades de Maceió/AL

Abstract

Universities, through their technological innovation centers (NIT), constitute integral parts of the innovation system by producing and registering patents on products and processes acquired by researchers in academia. Based on the importance of NIT as a support sector in safeguarding the intellectual property of university productions; the growing demand for patent applications from the academic community and the improvement and use of tools at its disposal to maximize the results of its activities, mainly through Information Technology which, since its impulse, has increased the breadth and speed of the technological advancement, this work aimed to develop a secure mobile application based on the Demand Readiness Levels - DRL methodology that focuses on the demand maturity level, to assist in the selection of new patent applications in a more advantageous and agile way , within their respective attributions as a component of the university. Through descriptive, bibliographical and documentary research and use of the Design Science Research methodology, a search was carried out in scientific and technological bases, obtaining a scarce number of articles, demonstrating the originality and academic potential of the research topic, as well as its innovative impact. Queries in the patent database of the National Institute of Industrial Property - INPI, returned a total of 7 patents, all distinct from the main theme of this work. Search for registered software, a total of 19 records were created, which are not similar to the application that seeks to be developed in this study. It is concluded that the results obtained through prospecting allowed observing that scientific and technological productions aimed at the use of mobile applications with a focus on innovation centers are still scarce, especially with regard to patents and software registrations. As a result, an application called Meter Auxiliary of Intellectual Property - MAPI was created, being an open access tool, free of charge, available for Android system devices. The application presents itself as an innovative tool that allows the NITs to be more agile in the selection of patent applications at universities.