Patent Prosecution Highway In Argentina. New Resolution 56/2016

On September 19, 2016, the Argentine Patent and Trademark Office (ARPTO) issued a resolution that will allow patent applicants the option to request accelerated examination of a patent application.

New resolution 56/2016, based on prior Resolutions ARPTO N° P-263/03 e INPI N° P-125/09, instructs the  National Patent Administration (ANP) to consider as approved the requirements of section 4 of law 24.481 (T.O. 1996) regarding absolute novelty, inventive activity and industrial application and consider as done the international search of  antecedents when the priority invoked under the terms of section 4 A1 of the Paris Convention has been granted  by a foreign Office having similar patentability standards and provided the application complies with the Argentine Law.