This Thursday, October 2, Decree #12,647, of October 1, 2025, was published in the Federal Register, authorizing the BRPTO to hire up to 120 candidates approved in a public recruitment. Of this total, 40 positions are designated for patent examiners. The Decree aims to fill the remaining vacancies in the BRPTO’s workforce.

The full text of Decree #12,647/2025 is available here.

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