DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION
The Department of Support for Innovation Projects and Management of Technological Services (DAPI) was created with the objective of complying with Law 10,903 / 2004 (Innovation Law), regulated by Decree 5.563 / 2005 (Intellectual Property Law). considering the need to establish, within the UFMA, measures to encourage innovation and scientific and technological research, in partnership with the business community. Thus, DAPI's main objectives are to regulate the activities of innovation, intellectual property of products / processes generated in UFMA (patents, trademarks, utility models, industrial design, cultivars, computer programs, etc.), as well as the transfer of technology to the market and the provision of technological services to companies.
Mission of the DAPI
Promote the articulation of UFMA with civil society, bringing scientific production closer to its practical applications.
DAPI Vision
Effectively transform the relationship between the Academy and the Productive Sector, as well as the relationship of the researchers with their own work, seeking to be a reference for the State of Maranhão, in terms of University / Company (U-E) integration.
Our services
Guidance on Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademark Registries, Software, Cultivars, IG);
Assessment of patentability requirements;
Search for anteriorities;
Technological Prospecting;
Market prospection;
Intermediation of Technological Cooperation between University / Company.
Redes Sociais