Client Alert – BPTO establishes automatic admissibility of PCT applications into national phase
On June 6, 2017, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Normative Instruction No. 02/2017, which establishes the automatic admissibility of PCT applications in Brazil. According to such Normative Instruction, PCT applications that entered the Brazilian national phase between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016, and are pending admissibility examination, shall be automatically (...)
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