Chile:
PTO Reports Successful PCT Patent Numbers
15 December 2016
Moeller IP Advisors
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The Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI)
reported that, during 2015, it received 136 patent applications
filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as Receiving
Office. This is the highest number since the PCT entered into force
in 2009 in Chile. 57 of the applications were of the mechanical
area, 26 electrical, 25 chemical, 20 biotechnological and 8
pharmaceutical.
Additionally, INAPI reported that during 2015 181 PCT patent
applications designated it as International Searching Authority
(ISA), 123 of which were filed in Chile, 28 in the World
Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), 15 in Mexico, 6 in Colombia, 8
in Peru and 1 in Ecuador.
INAPI started working as ISA and International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) for patents filed under the PCT in
October 2014.
Source: http://www.inapi.cl
Originally published 11 April 2016
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