Representatives of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO, including President Luiz Pimentel, along with the Director of the Patent Office Julio Cesar Moreira and Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Brazil in the United States, Kenneth da Nobrega, met with Ms. Michelle Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property of the United States and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office – USPTO, at the USPTO headquarters, on Monday, June 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

According to information from the BPTO, the meeting reinforced the cooperation between both countries. The group evaluated the progress of the trial Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between Brazil and the United States, which began in January 2016.

Learn more at the official website of the BPTO (in Portuguese).