In this article, we evaluate an initiative recently launched by the national government in Mexico to create 'Patenting Centers' in various universities and research institutions in diverse regions of the country. We focus particularly on elucidating how the installation of these Patenting Centers has augmented the number of national filings for intellectual property (IP) protection, and how the Centers have contributed to increasing the quality of IP applications. Furthermore, we analyze how the Mexican Patenting Centers have qualitatively contributed to fostering local cultures of innovation, for example through capacity-building activities directed towards scientific researchers. We also attempt to understand how the Patenting Centers have supported processes of technology transfer and commercialization, which we evaluate by examining a case study from the Northwest Biological Research Center (CIBNOR). Our findings indicate that the Mexican Patenting Centers have contributed to increasing IP protection activity in various regions of the country, and that they have augmented interactions between public research institutions and the productive sector. We conclude with suggestions for how the Patenting Center model may be further assessed in the future, to ensure that the government's mission of fostering endogenous innovation and the creation of a knowledge-based economy may continue to be realized.

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墨西哥技术转让生态系统的发展：专利中心的作用

在本文中，我们评估了墨西哥中央政府最近发起的一项举措，该举措旨在在该国不同地区的各种大学和研究机构中建立“专利中心”。我们特别关注阐明这些专利中心的安装如何增加了国家知识产权保护的申请数量，以及这些中心如何为提高知识产权申请的质量做出了贡献。此外，我们分析了墨西哥专利中心如何在质量上促进了当地的创新文化，例如通过针对科研人员的能力建设活动。我们还试图了解专利中心如何支持技术转让和商业化流程，我们通过研究西北生物学研究中心（CIBNOR）的案例研究对其进行了评估。我们的研究结果表明，墨西哥专利中心为该国各个地区的知识产权保护活动做出了贡献，并增强了公共研究机构与生产部门之间的互动。最后，我们提出建议，建议将来如何进一步评估专利中心模型，以确保政府继续实现促进内生创新和创建知识型经济的使命。并且它们增强了公共研究机构与生产部门之间的互动。最后，我们提出建议，建议将来如何进一步评估专利中心模型，以确保政府继续实现促进内源性创新和创建知识型经济的使命。并且它们增强了公共研究机构与生产部门之间的互动。最后，我们提出建议，建议将来如何进一步评估专利中心模型，以确保政府继续实现促进内生创新和创建知识型经济的使命。