On Friday, October 3, the BRPTO announced that the limit for PPH requests for IPC H04 patent applications in 2025 has been reached. The limit was established by BRPTO/DIRPA’s Ordinance #016/2025, which took effect October 1, 2025.

Note that the limit for other IPC classifications has not yet been met.

As per BRPTO/DIRPA’s Ordinance #26/2024, the BRPTO will reject PPH requests submitted after the quarterly limit has been reached, including any amendments filed with the requests. Furthermore, as established by Ordinance #48/2024, the BRPTO will accept a total of 3,200 new PPH requests in 2026.

The official BRPTO statement (in Portuguese) can be found here.

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