Modelado de Procesos de Negocio para la Gestión de Patentes en Universidades.

The objective of this paper was the proposal of a business process model for the management of patents resulting from ideas or projects developed in universities. For the design of the model, several actions were developed: surveys, interviews, and analysis of web sites, with the aim of determining the set of activities followed in other institutions from the original idea until patent exploitation. This information and its analysis were done using the process modelling by regulation, later translated into a model in BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation). It is shown that the proposed model facilitates the management of patents in universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]