This Tuesday, June 30, the BRPTO published Ordinance #80/2026 in its Official Gazette #2895. The Ordinance officially amends Chapter 9 of Rule #208/2017 concerning the Examination Guidelines for inventions relating to New Uses of Known Products.

The publication marks the conclusion of the public consultation process initiated through Call for Contributions #02/2025 and followed by discussions at a BRPTO public event held in April 2026, resulting in the final version of the draft made available a few weeks earlier.

The text was adopted without modifications from the final draft and takes effect on its publication date.

Ordinance #80/2026 is available in Portuguese here.

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