Thursday, June 22 2023   \  Published by Clarke Modet .

BPTO announces a covered, the limit per annual cycle of Patent Prosecution Highway– PCT

BPTO announces a covered, the limit per annual cycle of Patent Prosecution Highway– PCT

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) just announced that the limit of 100 requests per annual cycle for participating in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program using a positive outcome from the PCT phase has been reached.

Therefore, according to Portaria INPI/PR nº 78/2022, any new PPH request based on a positive opinion issued in the PCT phase submitted during this year will be rejected.

Please be advised that it is still possible to file PPH requests based on counterpart granted/allowed case, provided that the foreign Patent Office has a PPH agreement signed with BPTO. Read more

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