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PCT Information Update

BR Brazil (location and mailing address; number of copies of the international application)

The location and mailing address of the National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) has changed, as follows:

Location:  Rua Mayrink Veiga, 9
                  20° andar
                  Centro
                  Rio de Janeiro
                  RJ – CEP 20.090-910
                  Brazil

The Office has also notified the International Bureau (IB) that it now requires one paper copy of the international application, instead of three, if the application is filed on paper.

(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex B and Annex C (BR))

CA Canada (fees)

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has notified the IB of a new amount of the maintenance fee component of its national fee, payable in CAD to the Office in its capacity as designated (or elected) Office, with effect from 29 July 2024. This amount, payable in respect of each one-year period and due at the time of entry into the national phase, where that entry is effected on or after the 2^nd or possibly 3^rd anniversary of the international filing date, is CAD 56.21 if the applicant is a small entity.

(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, National Chapter, Summary (CA))

QA Qatar (e-mail address)

The e-mail addresses of the Intellectual Property Department (Qatar) have changed, as follows:

E-mail:   malnoaimi@moci.gov.qa
               falmotawa@moci.gov.qa
               patent-ip@moci.gov.qa

(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex B1 (QA))

Search fee and fees relating to the international search (Austrian Patent Office, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Japan Patent Office)

As from 1 July 2024, there will be a change in the amount payable in EUR for an international search carried out by the Austrian Patent Office, as indicated in Fee Table I(b) (the equivalent amounts in CHF, KRW, SGD, USD and ZAR will be established shortly). There will also be a change in the amount of the following fee payable from the same date:

Additional search fee:............. EUR 1,845

Furthermore, as from 1 August 2024, there will be a change in the equivalent amounts payable in JPY for an international search carried out by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, and the equivalent amounts payable in EUR and SGD for an international search carried out by the Japan Patent Office. The new amounts are indicated in Fee Table I(b).

(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex D (AT, JP and SG))