New PPH agreement between INPI and Brazilian Patent Office

16.03.2022

Brazilian patent office follows JPTO, USPTO and CIPO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement



As from 01/05/2022, PPH agreement will apply between INPI (French patent office) and INPI (Brazilian patent office).

Applicants of a French patent application accepted by INPI (France) will be able to request acceleration of proceedings of a corresponding Brazilian patent application, and reciprocally, applicants of a Brazilian patent application accepted by INPI (Brazil) will be able to request acceleration of proceedings of a corresponding French patent application.

This is the 4th PPH agreement signed by INPI.

See press release here (only in French)