On April 7^th, 2020, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) published Ordinance N° 149/2020 aiming to expedite examination of patent applications with technologies related to the COVID-19.

The aforementioned Ordinance modifies the BRPTO’s Resolution N° 239/2019, which already provides fast-track examination for applications related to rare diseases, AIDS, cancer and others, and will be in force until June 30^th, 2021.

Therefore, all applications that comply with the requirements established by Resolution N° 239/2019 and that are related to pharmaceutical products and processes and equipment and /or materials for use in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, as well as treatment of COVID-19, are now eligible to file the request for fast-track examination.

For more information, please contact out Patent Department at [email protected].

 

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