ACADEMIC PATENTING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

The profound economic and social changes that have occurred in the global context has caused a paradigm shift and a change in the mission of Public Research Organisations (PRO). These organizations have increasingly contributed to the processes of wealth creation and local and national competitiveness, by promoting research activities whose results can be readily transformed in technological advances and innovations. On the basis of this behaviour is, beside other aspects, the implementation of initiatives directed towards the protection and commercialisation of research results. The main objective of this paper is to present a bibliographical revision based on selected scientific articles that have investigated and discussed various aspects concerning the protection and commercialisation of Intellectual Property (IP) generated in PRO, through the utilization of patents. It considers the most relevant research problems addressed and analyses contributions, limitations, application contexts, discussions, and directions proposed for future research.