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The generation and management of knowledge is central to the development of new technologies and products especially those related to emerging technologies. The success of the R + D + i in the specific case of nanotechnology will be closely linked to the integration of knowledge generated in the different stages during the life cycle of the R + D + i. This paper aims to analyze influence of knowledge generated from the information contained in patent documents in an R & D related to carbon nanoonions. To achieve the objective the Methodology for the Generation and Knowledge Management (MGGC) it was used as a source of information and are mainly used the information contained in patent documents, which was processed for later viewing and analysis. The results obtained show the positive impact of the socialization of knowledge generated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the global scenario today, innovation is crucial for the competitiveness of organizations. Thus, also the health establishments should be aware of advances in new technologies for the treatment of diseases. However, widespread climate of scant budget for the financing to health, coupled with the increase of medical-scientific research explosion, reveal the complexity in identifying and adopting effective strategies in managing innovation. The use of patent databases as a source of technology information is based on the assumption that the increased interest in new technologies is reflected in the increase in patent applications. The above information is of great value to generate knowledge that affects the achievement of positive results in the implementation of R & D, since it provides legal, commercial and technical information, not usually found in other documentary source. The paper analyses the advantages of the described patent information to obtain drugs for cancer patients at affordable costs, whose active ingredients are in public domain. It is based on a study of a real case of application by the Saint John's Hospital, in Porto, Portugal. The purpose of this technological surveillance is to stimulate creativity, leading to the development of new products and processes as well as improving rates of innovation in health institutions with cost efficiency. Examples of the use and application of this information resource are presented, and the advantages thus obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The actual development of electronics and computers has allowed developing methods for measuring corrosion in real time and at very short periods. The generation of new knowledge has allowed using physicochemical methods to determine corrosion very fast and store the data obtained. The information contained in patent documents claiming these new advanced technologies is of great value to generate knowledge that respond to the problems and needs of the R + D + i related to the continuous measurement of corrosion in transport vehicles and other instruments and equipment. Distance monitoring is important in these cases where the vehicle is moving. It is very important for operation and maintenance and for the evaluation of the protective products against corrosion. The aim of this paper is to generate new knowledge from the application of the methodology Generation and Knowledge Management (MGGC), from which the search strategy that inventions claiming keywords recovered was determined: corrosion sensor and monitoring, patent databases freely available on internet. The results obtained from the processing of the information contained in these patent documents identified the strategic objectives of an R + D + i related corrosion monitoring by sensors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]