Avaliação sobre propriedade intelectual das plantas medicinais utilizadas na região do Curimataú paraibano: município de Nova Palmeira, Brasil.

Abstract

Medicinal plants are important source for the development of research and technology by their capacity to produce molecules with specific biological activities that worksin curing ailments. This study aimed to record the medicinal plants used by the population of Nova Palmeira´s City, Paraíba State, through the works of the ONG CENEP and conduct a survey of deposits of patent applications for these plants. For this,a methodological approach as followed: qualitative and quantitative research approach, participant observation, free listing technique, semi-structured interviews and analysis of patent documents present in the database of the INPI. The study revealed that the most prevalent families in patent documents were:, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Zingberaceae. This result allows us to conclude that:Although Brazil has a fairly representative flora, some regions of the country; little participates as a depository for patent, which reveals the lack of information of the Brazilian population on the issue of intellectual property and process application for a patent.