Patents Applications

PATENT and PCT Applications in Brazil

Our Patent Professionals; attorneys, lawyers, technicians, biotechnologists and engineers are highly skilled and experienced in this area, which enables us to render the following services;

Preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications in Brazil for foreign clients, including entering the Brazil National Phase of PCT international patent applications.

Conducting patent searches regarding novelty and/or infringement, including research at the Documentation Center of the National Institute of Industrial Property.

Search and vigilance of patent violations and registrations by in Brazil. By adding your patents or areas of interest to our database, each week our examiners will check for patents applied for, granted or changed status during that week. We maintain searchable records for patents previously filed in Brazil.

Preparing, or replying, to oppositions, appeals and requests for administrative cancellation.

Legal opinions regarding patentability, validity and infringement of patents. General client counseling regarding agreements involving licensing and/or acquiring patent rights and the assignment, transfer and licensing of patents rights.

Requesting compulsory licenses for exploiting patents. 

To file a patent in Brazil, we wil require that you complete a Power of Attorney and Inventor Declarations. These documents do not require legalization and can be faxed to us or scanned and returned by email.

We provide general client counseling regarding the protection of patents in Brazil.

Searches are carried out by experienced professionals only.