Please take notice of the information below.We kindly ask you to update your contact information in regards to the two areas below. This update will allow us to properly assist you in a timely mannerPATENTSAll questions and information related to Patent applications and prosecution, please use the emailpatents@lickslegal.comTRADEMARKAll questions and information related to Trademarks applications […]
Further comments on the Rule #174 issued by the BRPTO on December 6, 2016.Rule #174 of November 30, 2016, which amends procedures related to the entry of PCT application into the national phase, establishes that:• If the applicant of the Brazilian national phase application is different from the applicant of the earlier application claimed as […]
The BRPTO issued on December 6, 2016, the long awaited Rule #158/2016 implementing the Guidelines for the examination of patent applications claiming computer-implemented inventions.This guideline was under public consultation in 2012, and since then its publication was expected. It makes official the practice that the BRPTO had been applying, since the examiners already examined according […]
Rule # 175, of November 5, 2016, published in December 6, 2016 established the fast-track prosecution program for green patent with the same terms of the pilot program that ended early April this year.The program has proven to be a good alternative against the BRPTO’s backlog. The average time for the BRPTO to grant a […]
On February 10, 2016, the BRPTO granted priority examination to the first set of patent applications under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program. Applications include BR 10 2013 000290-9 filed by Suncoke Technology and Development LLC on January 4, 2013; BR 10 2013 032934-7 filed by Afton Chemical Corporation on December 20, 2013; and […]
