Technological Prospecting of Patents on Mead: current overview and future perspectives

• Autor(a) principal: Simão, Larissa
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Wanderley, Bruna Rafaela da Silva Monteiro, Nunes, Itaciara Larroza, Fritzen-Freire, Carlise Beddin
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Prospecção (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/nit/article/view/47032
• topic: Banco de Dados; Estudo Prospectivo; Bebida Fermentada.; Patent Database; Prospective Study; Fermented Beverage.

Mead is an ancient beverage that has attracted the interest of different markets in recent years. Thus, it is important to know the technological characteristics of this product. Thus, the objective of this work was to carry out a prospective study of patents on mead. The methodology used consisted of an advanced search in the European Patent Office (Espacenet®) and National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) databases, using the keyword mead/mead and the code of the International Patent Classification (CIP) C12G3/ 02. In all, 117 documents were found. An expressive number of deposits was observed from the 2000s onwards (n=108), and China was the main depositor country (n=84). About the patent profile, 90% of the documents address production methods, particularly the use of additional ingredients. The results demonstrate that the mead production in Brazil is still little explored, and its production and diversification are interesting.