On November 13, 2017 Director of China Intellectual Property Office, met with Director of Brazilian Industrial Property Office, in Beijing. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on further deepening bilateral cooperation and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the two offices and a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) cooperation agreement.

It is reported that the two offices will launch the PPH pilot project on February 1, 2018 to help China and Brazilian patent applications be granted in each other’s countries as soon as possible.