Brazil:
The Brazilian Patent And Trademark Office (BPTO) Launches A PPH Pilot Program With The European Patent Office (EPO)
01 November 2017
Kasznar Leonardos
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This time, the measure consists of a cooperation agreement
signed between the BPTO and the EPO by means of a PPH (Patent
Prosecution Highway) Pilot Program exclusively directed to
inventions in the Medical Technology and the Chemistry areas
(excluding pharmaceutical products).
The new program will accept a maximum of 300 applications per
year, whose examinations will be accelerated after the grant of the
corresponding patents by the EPO.
Nowadays, Brazil already maintains PPH agreements with USA (Oil
& Gas), Japan (information technology and mechanical
engineering) and Latin-America countries that are members of
Prosur.
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