In September 19, 2016, the Argentine Patent and Trademark Office (ARPTO) issued a resolution that will allow patent applicants the option to request accelerated examination of a patent application.
the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an agreement between patent authorities, and its aim is to provide applicants with a quick and efficient alternative to obtain a patent by filing a second application corresponding a first application with any of the PPH-participating offices. The PRH has made PPH agreements with a number of patent offices. The agreements also involve information exchange, resulting in less overlapping search and examination, and improved patent quality.
You may request a fast-track examination of your application at a second office on the basis of a Finnish patent application, if the PRH has already found the claims allowable. Reciprocally, if another office has found your patent claims allowable, you may request a fast-track examination from the PRH. After an accepted PPH request, we will fast-track your application until the final result.
New resolution 56/2016, based on prior Resolutions ARPTO N° P-263/03 e INPI N° P-125/09, instructs the National Patent Administration (ANP) to consider as approved the requirements of section 4 of law 24.481 (T.O. 1996) regarding absolute novelty, inventive activity and industrial application and consider as done the international search of antecedents when the priority invoked under the terms of section 4 A1 of the Paris Convention has been granted by a foreign Office having similar patentability standards and provided the application complies with the Argentine Law.
The same applies when no priority has been invoked but proof is provided that a patent has been granted for the same invention after the date of filing the application in Argentina, and published after the date of filing the application in Argentina.
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