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Brazilian PTO published on December 29, 2020, Phase II (Ordinance No. 404/2020) of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, implementing new rules for the acceptance into the program. The ordinance is in force since January 01, 2021, and will be
valid until December 31, 2024. Phase II will follow the same criteria as phase I with the following changes:
1. an applicant can submit one PPH request every
weekly cycle (instead of the previous monthly cycle);
2. the program will allow a total of up to
600 requests per annual cycle;
3. the program will allow up to
150 requests per annual cycle related to the same Section of the International Patent Classification (IPC); and