Pharmaceutical patent term extension and patent prosecution in Brazil (1997-2018)

• Main Authors: Eduardo Mercadante (Author), Julia Paranhos (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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In Brazil, if patent prosecution takes more than 10 years, this extra period is added to the regular 20-year term. This paper analyses all pharmaceutical patents granted by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) with term extension and later discusses some intellectual proper...