Brazil: Inspiring the private sector to go public

Inventors in Brazil are facing a problem. It is a well-known fact that the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) has a patent backlog. It is estimated that around 220,000 applications are waiting to be examined. With the timeframe from the filing date to the first examination reaching as much as 12 years, Brazilian inventors are, in effect, being discouraged from seeking protection for their creations.