Mapeamento de Tecnologias para Inventário Florestal: um estudo prospectivo de patentes e registro de proteção

Abstract

Mapping data on the development of technologies for forestry purposes provides information on the level of technological development and investments in a given area. This research aimed to track, through a prospective study, all available technologies for applying forest inventories. The research involved 4 phases: i) pre-prospective, with an exploratory study and survey of the theoretical framework; ii) technological prospecting, with the search for technologies in bibliometric study (20 articles) and patentometrics, searches were carried out in databases: INPI, Questel Orbit, and Google Patents. In the database generated by Orbit of the 149 results obtained, only 75 patent registrations were active in the last 38 years. And only two computer program registrations were identified at INPI, and are protected under the Copyright Law. This work, as a source of technological information, serves as a guiding instrument in the definition of technology management strategies for application in Forest Inventories.