The use of fisheries resources in the Brazilian patent system

The use of fisheries resources in the Brazilian patent system

Recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of patents related to products and/or processes from aquatic organisms. Therefore, this paper aims to identify patent documents related to fishery resources available in the Brazilian patent system of the National Institute of Industrial Pr...

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Published in:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Vol. 94; no. 2; p. e20191363
Main Authors: Cardoso, Rayssa DE L, Castro, Jonatas DA S, Silva, Marcelo H L, Andrade, Ticianne DE S O M, Carvalho-Neta, Raimunda N F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Brazil Academia Brasileira de Ciências 01-01-2022
Subjects:
Animals
aquatic organisms
Biotechnology
Brazil
Cosmetics
Fisheries
information system
innovation
intellectual property
Inventions
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
patenting activity
United States
Brazil
United States
information system
innovation
Brazil
patenting activity
intellectual property
aquatic organisms
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Summary:Recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of patents related to products and/or processes from aquatic organisms. Therefore, this paper aims to identify patent documents related to fishery resources available in the Brazilian patent system of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The research involved patents deposited/provided between 1999 and 2019, with the search in the system occurring through the descriptors: fish(s), mollusk(s), crustacean(s), and algae(s). A total of 363 records were found, where the group of fish presented the highest representation (40%), followed by algae (35%), crustaceans (14%), and mollusks (10%). The apex of 34 patent applications was found in the year 2011. Moreover, the results showed that the inventions registered are directed mainly to food, drugs, biocides, cosmetics, cultivation, processing and beneficiation, water treatment, patents for sustainable technologies (green patents), and biotechnology. Brazil holds most patent applications, followed by the United States of America (USA), which focuses its patent applications mainly on algae and fish. Considering the Brazilian biodiversity and the country's technological development in recent years, Brazil needs to expand its technological autonomy and competitive capacity in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, mainly through the strengthening of R&D and innovation activities.
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ISSN:0001-3765
1678-2690
1678-2690
DOI:10.1590/0001-3765202220191363