Phase V of the PPH Pilot Project will come into effect on 01/01/2025
The INPI published in the Industrial Property Gazette this Tuesday (December 10, 2024) Ordinance/INPI/nº 48, of November 29, 2024, which establishes Phase V of the PPH Pilot Project, starting on January 1, 2025. The new phase is a consequence of the Institute's adherence to the Global Patent Prosection Highway (GPPH) on July 6, 2024. With this, Ordinance/INPI/PR nº 78/2022 will be revoked.
PPH reaches in Brazil the annual limit of 400 applications
Due to the success of the Plan to Combat the Backlog and the project to standardize the modalities of priority processing, the BRPTO and DIRPA decided to bring PPH phase II forward to 01/01/21.
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 .