Technological Prospecting, Intellectual Property and Innovation

Abstract

Technological prospecting is the first step in the long journey of the strategy of adding value to new knowledge and new technologies, through the legal protection of intellectual property, aiming at its conversion into innovation. This is because it is through prospecting in intellectual property databases that it is possible to verify whether the innovative object meets the novelty requirement, which is fundamental for protection, especially through an invention patent. This aims to give innovation based on the object of protection or that contains the necessary legal certainty, so that the entrepreneur, who accepts to take the risk of investing to introduce this novelty on the market, obtains the advantage of its exclusivity for a determined period. It is known that the long way to go for the materialization of an innovative idea, to be converted into innovation, begins with its revelation, followed by its prospection, which needs to have fulfilled the indispensable requirements for the protection of intellectual property, and from this to receive value. transactional, as an intangible asset to be the object of investment of financial and technological capital, in order to reach the market producing wealth and well-being, either through increased productivity and competitiveness, or by increasing the quality of life, in short, for the benefit of society . There is, therefore, a logic to be followed in the implementation of a strategy aimed at increasing innovation that comprises different actors in interaction and whose collaboration is fundamental to reach this objective, because quality research and creativity do not always belong to the same group. who undertakes and takes the novelty to the market. For this reason, the communication and collaboration of these actors are fundamental for the success of the enterprise, which includes multiple exchanges, indispensable financial support and incentives of different natures. As Peter Drucker said, most innovations result from the conscious and intentional search for opportunities, and technological prospecting is fundamental not only to verify the state of the art but also to indicate territories where the research object is being found, allowing the mapping of possible partners or competitors, as well as alternative paths that can guarantee the exclusivity necessary for the introduction of an innovation in the market