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PPH/PCT-PPH between Denmark and Brazil

PPH/PCT-PPH between Denmark and Brazil

 

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) have launched a PPH and a PCT-PPH (INPI to DKPO) pilot program.

 

Both Patent Prosecution Highway programs will leverage fast-track patent examination procedures at the DKPTO and INPI to allow applicants in Denmark and Brazil to obtain corresponding patents faster and more efficiently.

 

The Guidelines including the PPH request form to be used by Brazilian applicants are available here  

Further, under the PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway, an applicant receiving a written opinion or an international preliminary examination report from INPI that at least one claim in a PCT application has novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability may request that the DKPTO fast track the examination of corresponding claims in corresponding applications.

 

The Guidelines including the PCT-PPH request form to be used by Brazilian applicants are available here