INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CENTERS: PROPOSED MODEL FOR EVALUATION OF PROJECTS IN UNIVERSITIES OF MACEIÓ/AL
Technological Innovation Center; Tool; Patent Applications.
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. Given the importance of the NIT as a support tool in safeguarding the intellectual property of university productions and the growing demand for patent registration requests from the academic community, it is essential for these sectors to improve and use the tools that are at their disposal to maximize the results of its operations, mainly through Information Technology, which since its inception has increased the breadth and speed of technological advancement. The objective of this work, through descriptive, bibliographical and documentary research and use of the Design Science Research methodology, was to understand how the technological innovation nucleus, within its respective attributions as a component of universities, can select in a more advantageous and agile way the need of protection in designs for new patent applications. As a result, a tool/model called MAPI was presented, structured from the Demand Readiness Levels (DRL) methodology that focuses on the level of demand maturity, to assist in the selection of patent applications and decision-making in NIT.