Brazil’s PTO may soon release emergency measure to reset patent backlog

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Brazil’s PTO may soon release emergency measure to reset patent backlog

December 20 2017
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The BPTO may publish a rule next week that would fast-track the process of granting patents whose applications are pending in Brazil. The emergency procedure would grant 230,000 pending applications unless patent owners opt out

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