%0 Journal Article
%T Las patentes como fuente de informaci車n para la innovaci車n en entornos competitivos Patents as a Source of Information for Innovation in Competitive Environments
%A Gabriela Diessler
%J Informaci車n, Cultura y Sociedad
%D 2010
%I Universidad de Buenos Aires
%X Revisi車n bibliogr芍ficasobre las patentes como fuente de informaci車n para la innovaci車n en entornos competitivos. Se describen las ventajas y limitaciones de su uso en tanto fuente de informaci車n. Se identifican y clasifican las posibles aplicaciones en los 芍mbitos t谷cnico, cient赤fico, comercial y jur赤dico. Se alude a la labor del bibliotecario relacionada con las patentes, ya que su tratamiento requiere de conocimientos propios de la profesi車n. Se concluye que las patentes constituyen una fuente de informaci車n relevante para la competitividad de las organizaciones, que su uso es insuficiente y que deber赤a difundirse. Comprende material publicado desde 1977 hasta septiembre de 2009, de Latinoam谷rica y Espa a. Bibliographical review on patents as a source of information for innovation in competitive environments, as well as a description of the advantages and limitations of their use as a source of information. The possible applications in the technical, scientific, commercial and legal fields are indentified and classified. It refers to the work of the librarian related to the patents because its treatment requires knowledge of the profession. It is concluded that patents should be considered invaluable source of relevant information for competitiveness in organizations. However, their use has not been promoted accurately in developing countries like ours. This tendency should be corrected in order to make use of this resource for the development and innovation of our region. It covers the material published from 1977 until September, 2009, of Latin America and Spain.
%K Patentes
%K Fuentes de informaci車n
%K Gesti車n de la innovaci車n
%K Informaci車n tecnol車gica
%K Biblioteca
%K Patents
%K Information sources
%K Innovation management
%K Technological information
%K Library
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