Volume 2 - No 5
MONITAING OF THE PATENT TECHNOLOGIES OF HECOGENIN
Abstract
The hecogenina is a natural compound with several therapeutic functions, mainly used as a
precursor in the industrial production of steroid hormones. Thus, our aim was to conduct a survey,
aiming to search prior art and present an overview of the current state of scientific and
technological development related to the use of hecogenina. The survey was conducted in the
European Patent Office, the Bank of the World Intellectual Property Database and the National
Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil. It was observed that the country that has hecogenina technologies is the United Kingdom, and that most of the patents classified as C07J and A61K. It is
an area that needs innovation, since deposits found on the banks of seeking patents are mostly very
old.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 427-435
Author's Name: Mairim Russo Serafini, Jullyana de Souza Siqueira Quintans, Ângelo Roberto Antoniolli, Márcio Roberto Viana dos Santos and Lucindo José Quintans-Junior
Volume: Volume 2
Issues: No 5
Keywords: Steroids, hecogenin, technological prospective.
Year: 2012
Month: December
Pages: 427-435