Webinar: "The Role of Patents in Universities: Challenges and Barriers in Turning Knowledge into Business"

The Office of the Vice-Rector for Innovation and Information Technology, through the Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (OCEANTEC/PROITI) at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), is pleased to invite the academic and business community to the webinar titled “The Role of Patents in Universities: Challenges and Barriers in Turning Knowledge into Business.”
 
Speaker:
Douglas Alves Santos – Industrial Property Researcher and Patent Examiner at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
 
When: September 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM (Brasília time) – duration: 2 hours
Target audience: Students, faculty, technical staff, and entrepreneurs working in or interested in the role of patents as a strategy for technology transfer across any field of knowledge.
 
Register for the webinar here.