The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) covers the 110 years of history of Instituto Superior Técnico, through its past, present and future objects.

A collection of objects related to different fields, such as science, music, arts and sports, is the starting point for conversations with people who will tell us more about the history of these objects.

A new episode is released every week. The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) is part of the Público newspaper podcasts.

Today’s episode (#73) – 16th December 2022: “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) – “Técnico’s 1st patent”.

In 1985, Técnico registered its first patent – a biotechnological method to be applied to sparkling wine production. To replace the centuries-old method of champagne production, which involves manually rotating bottles of sparkling wine for three weeks to remove the yeast from the fermentation process, a technique was proposed that eliminated the “removal” stage without altering the characteristics of the final product. The technique, which made the process quicker, was never applied, but gave rise to the first patent of the triad composed of Técnico, Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Caves Raposeira. Since then, Técnico has registered much more patents. In December 2021, 286 active inventions were already registered, including patents and utility models. And this number hasn’t stopped growing year after year.

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