The individual's characteristics and his/her personal traits affect his/her behavior, inclinations and performance. Perhaps, the most notable trait is the capacity of innovationthat contributes to accelerating the development wheel. Due to the significance of such topic, the researcher has reviewed the concept of innovation and innovative capacities by referring to theoretical literature and the previous studies in connection thereto. Then researcher has prepared a model for measuring innovative capacities in a sample of those working in the scientific research unit at Damascus University, who also represent a chosen elite of researchers in the different fields of science. This was for the purpose of obtaining more realistic results in the field of measuring the individual's innovative capacities, and investing and making use of such capacities properly through applying the internationally adopted criterion, the one suggested as an independent variable, and the level of innovative capacities in the sample's individuals as a dependant variable. Thus the most important results concluded are the following: A statistically significant influence is detected at indication level (0.05) regarding the quality of scale adopted in measuring the innovative capacities at the level of such capacities. The researcher concluded with some recommendations the most important of which are the following: concentration in choosing the members of the scientific -research units should be made on those who enjoy high-level innovative capacities, which will consequently be reflected on the research work, both in behavior and in aspiration.