Brazil establishes two new modalities of priority processing for patents
The Brazilian PTO will apply two new modalities of priority processing of patent applications.
Prioritary examination of patents filed by startups in Brazil
Brazilian startups will be able to request to the BPTO that their patent applications be examined with priority.
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project signed between Brazil and the Republic of Korea
The new PPH modality that came into effect on December 1st, 2019 has so far totalized agreements with 20 countries, in addition to the European Patent Office (EPO).
Fast-track examination to technologies related to Covid-19 in Brazil
Technologies related to the treatment of the new coronavirus are now also part of the already existing health technologies accelerated examination modality .
Brazilian inventors win II Latin American Patent Competition of PROSUR
A system for recycling contaminated plastic packaging, developed by Brazilian inventors, winner of the II Latin American Patent Competition of PROSUR.