RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/BRA/1
8March 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0516)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Brazil
Thefollowing communication from thedelegation ofBrazil, dated 6March 1995, hasbeen
received withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheMembers oftheCouncil forTRIPS.
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1. Ihavebeeninstructed bymyGovernment toinform youthattheBrazilian National Institute
ofIndustrial Property (Instituto Nacional dePropriedade Industrial/INPI, address: PraçaMauá, nr.7,
18andar, CEP20083-900, RiodeJaneiro/RJ) istheofficial Brazilian government agency incharge
ofreceiving, since 1January 1995, patent applications forinventions inthefieldofpharmaceutical
andagrochemical products, inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 70.8oftheTRIPS Agreement,
subject tothepresentation ofthefollowing information:
(a) Adulyfilled-in application form;
(b) Awritten description oftheinvention (specification), defining itsobjectives insuch
full,clear, concise, andexact terms astoenable anyperson skilled intheartstomake
andusethesame;
(c) Theclaims,asdescribedinthespecification,claimingthesubjectmatteroftheinvention
andtherights oftheinventor;
(d) When applicable, drawings oftheinvention, inascalethatallows forreduction with
clear definition ofdetails;
(e) Summary ofthewritten description (specification), oftheclaims, andofthedrawings;
(f) Receipt ofpayment oftheofficial fee.
2. Thecertificate offiling istheofficial document issued byINPI. Theofficial feeisthesame
forallpatent applications inallfields oftechnology. Patent applications forinventions ofpharmaceutical
andagrochemical products willbeprocessed inthesame wayasanyother applications forpatent of
inventions and,when filedafter1January 1995, willbeexamined according totheprovisions ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.