Effective January 1, 2025, BRPTO/DIRPA’s Ordinance #26/2024 defines a limit of 800 applications for the PPH program per quarter and, in the first quarter, applications with the main International Patent Classification (IPC) of H04 will be excluded. This exclusion will be reassessed each new quarter.

The BRPTO will not consider applications received after the quarterly limit has been reached, including any modifications that may have been submitted together with the PPH applications.

For applications that have been rejected due to reaching the quarterly limit, a new application may be submitted in the following quarter, which must be accompanied by the respective supporting documentation.

The full text of BRPTO/DIRPA’s Ordinance #26/2024 is available in Portuguese here.

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