When addressing the fundamental criteria for patent eligibility (referencing art.8 of Law 9279/1996), there is substantial discussion surrounding “inventive activity” and “novelty“, yet little discourse concerning “industrial application“. In the following, we will explore a crucial aspect of industrial applications, namely fulfilling the “repeatability” requirement. By repeatability, we refer to the capacity of a third…
This week, the patent consultant received communication from Dr. Sidirley Fabiani, one of the leading national experts in tax laws concerning innovation incentives. Sidirley is a founding partner of Gestiona and a researcher at FEA-USP, specializing in innovation and entrepreneurship. He holds a degree in Engineering from POLI-USP and a degree in business administration from…
The PPH, or Patent Prosecution Highway, is a treaty signed by patent offices of different countries to hasten the patent granting process. The technological and economic advancements of recent decades have led to a significant surge in worldwide patent applications, specifically in the form of patent families – deposits of the same invention. An in-depth…
Division requests are requests derived from an original application that, at the applicant’s own initiative or at the request of the INPI, undergo a division of the content of its claim framework. division applications intend to enable a patent application to fulfill the Industrial Property Law (LPI) requirements for being granted, thereby aiding in…
