Institutional support to intellectual property demand in the University of São Paulo

• Grant number: 12/50246-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Support for Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing (PAPI/Nuplitec)
• Start date: October 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration
• Principal Investigator: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Grantee: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The USP Innovation Agency is responsible for managing the Intellectual Property in the University of São Paulo. Currently the team is made up of 24 employees (and also 31 scholarships and 10 interns) working in a large range of technological innovation activities. Throughout these years, a large number of scientific and technological projects, with support from FAPESP, have been done in the University. The increase of the numbers of projects, and also the patentable results make it necessary an additional budget support for the adequate application and maintenance of patents. This fact is the main motivation for the USP Innovation Agency participation in the Intellectual Property Support Program - Mode Institutional. Recent surveys showed that the USP has about 70 International patents and about 750 national patents. Following the rules for resource estimation for this project, we conclude that the amount of R$ 135,374.07 would cover the purpose of this request, in accordance with the details and explanations contained in the attached Project. (AU)