BR PTO the Final Battle Against the Patent Backlog: Resolutions 240/2019 and 241/2019
By Vivianne Cardoso Banasiak, Client Relationship Manager
For years the BR PTO has struggled to reduce its patent backlog in order to process applications within reasonable timeframes. This is a long-standing problem and several measures have been introduced aiming to minimize the big delays. However, despite all the efforts, the patent backlog is still massive. An article summarizing all the actions taken by BR PTO against the patent backlog was recently published in our blog.
Nevertheless, on 7th July, 2019, the Brazilian Patent Office (BR PTO) published in the Industrial Property Gazette (often referred to as RPI) what is expected to be the solution against the patent backlog: Resolutions 240/2019 and 241/2019. These Resolutions aim to optimize the technical examination proceeding of patent applications in Brazil and figure as part of the Government’s “Strategic Industrial Property Project” of reforming and reorganizing the current system established at the BR PTO.
The new Resolutions are based on an existing Resolution 227/2018, published on 30th October, 2018, which defines the pre-examination proceedings of patent applications using the results of prior art searches carried out by Patent Offices of other countries, of International or Regional Organizations, to expedite the technical examination …
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