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Fig. 5 INPI online servicesAt the beginning of this year, INPI started a new pilot program where the applicant can present newclaims before the first substantive examination, without any cost, based on the examination requests madeby other patent offices around the world. The idea is to receive more accurate information, allowing applicantsmake adjusts in the claims based on the state of the art pointed out by the offices abroad. With thisaction, INPI seeks to identify applications that are still of interest of the applicant and also accelerate thesubstantive analysis of the patent application.INPI has also adopted some priority criteria, aiming to accelerate patent examination and granting forspecific situations and public interest, for example, environment protection, health area specific disorders, etc.The following is an overview of these priorities:Green Patents:Identify the green technologies based on WIPO inventory and prioritize the examination of national applicationsthat have been filed since January 2011Priority examination in health area:Fillings related to treatment, diagnosis and prophylaxis of AIDS, cancer and tropical diseases. Recently, INPIstarted to prioritize patents deposits regarding dengue, zika and chikungunya fevers diagnosis and treatment,diseases that have had a big impact on the Brazilian health system.PROSURCollaborative patent examination between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Surinameand UruguayPPH ? Patent Prosecution HighwayIt's an agreement between Brazil and other countries (e.g. Japan), aiming at priority patent application examination.Priority can be requested when an application from the same patent family has been granted inone of the two countries involved. In that case, claims presented should be equal or more restrictive thanthe claims of the application approved.Inventors older than 60Prioritize patent applications from inventors who are older than 60 years old.INPI has adopted another pilot program, trying to stimulate examiners' efficiency by improving their qualityof life through Home-Office work, in which an increase of more than 3 0% in patent examination hasbeen noticed. INPI is also trying to get the Brazilian Government to hire new patent examiners and improvecareer conditions for the INPI examiners, which would give them better salaries.IP Friends Connections August 2018 No.19ENISHI33