Transferência de tecnologia: análise do processo de patenteamento na UTFPR

Abstract

The Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) is an educational institution that has in its mission and value to develop technological education and be a reference in this environment. However, the term "technology transfer" (TT) is not addressed in depth during the graduation period, since one of the TT strands is the patent and part of the students has no knowledge about the subject and does not know where the data and the information is made available. That said, this paper presents concepts related to technology transfer, which were found with the help of Methodi Ordinatio and served as the basis for the understanding of the patent filing process conducted by UTFPR. The proposed goal of this study is to know how the students' understanding of patents is, as well as to know the main obstacles they face in the patent application process, in order to suggest improvements to try to minimize them. These answers will be obtained based on the analysis of the data acquired by the questionnaire applied to the students addressing open and objective questions on the subject. The present work will also provide a comparison of students' understanding of patents among all thirteen UTFPR campuses. The purpose of this analysis is to serve as information and incentive for the transfer of technology to UTFPR students and collaborators.