PRH to begin PPH cooperation with the patent office of Brazil in August
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Brazil’s patent office, the Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin cooperating on 1 August 2023. The cooperation will begin with a five-year pilot period.
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an agreement between patent authorities to provide applicants with a fast alternative to obtain a patent by filing a second application corresponding to their first application with any office participating in the PPH.
Applicants may request PPH processing at the patent office of Brazil based on a Finnish application or the results of a PCT application examined by the PRH.
The purpose of the PPH is to fast-track the processing of patent applications and reduce overlapping examination work done by different patent offices. The PPH means that when an applicant has filed a first application with one office and received a positive opinion that the claims are allowable, they may request fast-track processing when filing a corresponding application with a second office.
For more detailed instructions about how to file a request, go to our PPH pages.
For more information, please contact
Patent Advisory Service
advice.patents(a)prh.fi
Mon–Fri 9.00–15.00
Tel. +358 29 509 5858