Intellectual property refers to creations that originate in the human intellect and grants the creator exclusive rights over their creation, patent, or model.
Intellectual Property
Aware of this topic’s importance, intellectual property registration began in 2018 at Universidad Panamericana’s Guadalajara campus, with the UP’s first application to the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, IMPI) on behalf of Centros Culturales de México, A.C. Just one year later, in 2019, 10 more were made, and in 2022, a total of 20 applications have been submitted.
Good Quality Management
During these years, 18 applications were submitted to the State Council for Science and Technology (Consejo Estatal de Ciencia y Tecnología, COECyTJAL) within the Intellectual Property Support Program (Programa de Apoyo a la Propiedad Intelectual, PROPIN), all of which were approved.
Two important aspects stand out in this achievement. First, the quality of the inventors, and second, the management capacity of the Guadalajara Campus’s Center for Applied Research and Technology (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Aplicada, CITA) under the direction of Dr. Fidencio Tapia Rodríguez.
For this reason, we would like to acknowledge the following engineering researchers-inventors: Omar Jiménez, Luis Amezcua, Fidencio Tapia, Oscar Sánchez Barba, Orlando Montoya, Leonardo Valdivia, Friné Velázquez, Carolina Del Valle, Fabiola Cortés, Gabriela Durán, and Luis Alberto Rosa, as well as the students who participated in some of the projects.
Although the process for granting any legal industrial property status, patent, utility model, or industrial design is long, so far, two applications have been granted, and the others are in process.
Join the Community!
We invite you to be part of this “inventor community” and produce intangible assets for our beloved Panamericana. The Corporate Innovation and Transfer Department (Dirección Corporativa de Innovación y Transferencia) and the Center for Applied Research and Technology (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Aplicada, CITA) at the Guadalajara campus invite you to participate in this effort. See invitation details in our 2022 Call for Proposals.
About the author
Mexican National Research System (SNI) candidate
Director of the Center for Applied Research and Technology (CITA)
Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus
