International academic mobility and patent filing in the country of origin

Abstract

This article aims to verify the existence of a positive relationship between IAM (international academic mobility) and innovation (patent application) in the country of origin of the academic talent. The thesis is that there is a positive relationship to the country of origin. If in the first instance the positive effects of this relationship are for the countries of destination, there is a positive effect for the countries of origin, respecting the quality training of the academic trajectory and its position in national and international projection institutions in the country of origin. Using a quantitative methodological approach, of a descriptive nature, it explored primary data provided by INPI (Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial) and secondary data extracted from the Lattes platform. Considering the two universities that had the largest number of patents published in 2014 - USP and UNICAMP - the 30 most productive inventors in the number of patent applications filed in each of the institutions were named. Data on the academic and professional trajectory of 472 researchers were extracted from the CV Lattes of the 282 inventors of USP and 190 of UNICAMP. The results confirm the thesis, thus contributing to the field of studies on IAM and the effects for the countries involved. In addition, when discussing the relationship between IAM, education and applied research with patent application as an indicator of technological innovation, the article presented contributions to the sphere of public policies, especially linked to Science and Technology of the country.