Brazil: Analysing the INPI backlog

18-12-2015

Otto Licks

In the first article of this series (WIPR September/October issue), we established that the ratio (number of filings per year divided by the number of examiners, divided by 12 months) is a useful metric for assessing the workload of various patent offices.


Intellectual property, USPTO, PCT, ISA, INPI, patent backlog, KIPO, European Patent Office, EPO, JPO, , filing, patent, Otto Licks,

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