Brazil:
The Brazilian Patent Office And The European Patent Office Are Moving Towards A PPH
24 October 2017
Daniel Law
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The Brazilian Patent Office (BRPTO) and the European Patent
Office (EPO) signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding setting
the basis of a future PPH program between both institutes. Similar
to the other PPH programs currently available in Brazil (with the
USPTO and the JPO), applicants will be able to request fast-track
examination for a Brazilian patent application whose EP counterpart
has been already allowed.
A Rule setting forth the acceptability requirements of this PPH
program is yet to be published, but the BRPTO has already
anticipated that this will be a pilot program with a limit of 300
applications per year. Moreover, only those patent applications
related to medical devices and general chemistry would be allowed
to participate.
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