Biodiesel study in the international context using technology prospecting

摘要

Biodiesel has been a target of interest all over the world. Technology prospection is one of the most effective strategies to learn about global research and innovation over an issue. In this paper, the study was based on the analysis of patents, both applied and granted, from American Basis USPTO until mid-2014. As expected, USA is the country with the most patents but Brazil's representation regarding the number of patents is surprising due to the small tradition of the country in patents with respect to other fields of research.