The National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) ranking, released on April 26, shows the Center holding the 24th position
The National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) released, on April 26th, the list of the fifty institutions with the highest number of patent deposits in Brazil. The ranking, which gathers data from 2021, features the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) occupying the 24th position – an advance of 18 positions compared to 2020, when the Center occupied the 42nd position. The INPI historically releases its list around April 26, the date in which the World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated.
In 2021, CNPEM filed 19 patent applications in technological areas such as particle accelerators, automotive parts based on renewable materials, adhesive developed without the use of solvents, sensors for various applications, catalysts for food inputs, foam for environmental decontamination, health, and petrochemical sectors.
Patricia Toledo, innovation manager at CNPEM, highlights that the Center joined the ranking of the fifty largest patent depositors in 2020 for the first time. According to Toledo, “the Center’s rise in the ranking of INPI’s national depositors reflects the innovation potential of the results of R&D activities carried out at CNPEM, and the Innovation Advisory’s effort to protect them, with the aim of facilitating their transfer for the productive sector and subsequent availability in the market, for use by society, expanding the social impact of our activities”.
In addition to the deposits in Brazilian territory, CNPEM has also been committed to protecting its technologies internationally, expanding licensing possibilities for potential partners in different continents. The complete list of technologies available for licensing can be consulted at the Technological Showcase.
About CNPEM
Sophisticated and effervescent environment for research and development, unique in Brazil and present in few scientific centers in the world, the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is a private non-profit organization, under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). The Center operates four National Laboratories and is the birthplace of the most complex project in Brazilian science – Sirius – one of the most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world. CNPEM brings together highly specialized multi-thematic teams, globally competitive laboratory infrastructures open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects in partnership with the productive sector and training of researchers and students. The Center is an environment driven by the search for solutions with impact in the areas of Health, Energy and Renewable Materials, Agro-environment, and Quantum Technologies. As of 2022, with the support of the Ministry of Education (MEC), CNPEM expanded its activities with the opening of the Ilum School of Science. The interdisciplinary higher course in Science, Technology and Innovation adopts innovative proposals with the aim of offering excellent, free, full-time training with immersion in the CNPEM research environment. Through the CNPEM 360 Platform, it is possible to explore, in a virtual and immersive way, the main environments and activities of the Center, visit: https://pages.cnpem.br/cnpem360/.
