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PERIOD TO JUDGE A PATENT WILL BE REDUCED GRADUALLY:

A patent application filed in the 1º semester of 2011, with the real conditions of people and informatics of process will be judged in medium until 2016, namely, about 5,4 years – this is the index of year. By the way, the patent application that entered in 2006, had a expectation of receiving a final decision in 11,6 years, showing the evolution of Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property. On the other hand a patent application that entered in 2007 there was a hope of receiving a final decision in 7,3 years, in 2008 – 10,4 years, in 2009: 10,3 years, in 2010 – 8,3 years. This and others informations you find in the site: www.inpi.gov.br .