Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2025 submitted by

INPI

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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization
  • New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description:  aims, partners, tasks
  • Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
  • Statistics:  changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year;  trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
  • Other matters and useful links (URLs):  annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

Since 2020, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) advanced several initiatives to improve the availability, structure, and accessibility of patent information. Key developments include:

  • Implementation of WIPO Standard ST.37 for published patent documents from 1991 onwards, expanding the range of searchable and interoperable metadata.
  • Modernization of the national patent information database, with ongoing efforts to structure and enrich the full-text content extracted from national patent applications.
  • Development of procedures for batch extraction and dissemination of full-text data in ST.36 format for patent applications published as of January 1, 2026, in compliance with the new PCT Rules 34 and 36.
  • Adoption of WIPO Standard ST.26 for sequence listings submitted with new patent applications, ensuring compliance with international requirements.
  • Digitization of approximately 4,000 historical patent documents dated between 1880 and 1950, contributing to preservation and enhanced public access to historical technological information.
  • Ongoing digitalization of microfilmed patent documents from the 20th century, further expanding the digital archive of Brazil's IP history.
  • Update to version 1.2 of WIPO Standard ST.36, improving the quality and structure of XML data exports.
  • Initiation of the implementation of Business Process Management System (BPMS) solutions for patent workflow automation

Patent statistics and related analyses are available on the INPI's website at the following links:

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs
  • Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
  • Classification2, preclassification3 (if applicable), reclassification4   activities; classification system used (e.g., International Patent  Classification (IPC)), matters concerning indexing of patent information
  • Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents
  • Other activities 
  • Patent Analytics Studies
    INPI continues to promote the strategic use of patent information through the publication of sectoral studies and technology landscape reports (radares tecnológicos), which support innovation and public policy design in various industrial sectors. These studies are publicly available at:
  • Sectoral Studies (Estudos Setoriais)
  • Technology Radar Reports (Radares Tecnológicos)
  • Authority File
    In line with WIPO Standard ST.37, INPI provides its Authority File (BR_AF) in XML format, alongside the corresponding definition file (AFD), contributing to transparency and international alignment of bibliographic data:
  • BR Authority File – ST.37 XML
  • Authority File Definition File – AFD
  • Hosting International Forums and Knowledge Sharing
    In 2025, INPI hosted the WIPO Community of Practice on Patent Analytics (CoP PA), fostering regional and international collaboration on patent information, tools, and methodologies.
  • Access to Patent Documents for Priority Claims
    Copies of Brazilian patent documents can be formally requested via INPI's public services for use in priority claims under the Paris Convention or PCT.

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URLs)
  • Official Gazettes:  main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URL), etc.
  • Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
  • Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
  • Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
  • Other sources 

Since April 2005, INPI has published official notices and selected bibliographic data related to Brazilian patent applications and granted patents in the Revista da Propriedade Industrial (RPI), its official weekly electronic gazette. The RPI is available to the public in both PDF and TXT formats at: http://revistas.inpi.gov.br/rpi/
All editions are archived and accessible through INPI’s public digital library.

Bibliographic data and legal status information for Brazilian patent applications are available through the INPI website and internal systems. The main public search platform is: INPI Patent Search Portal (Busca de Patentes)
This platform allows searches by application number, applicant name, IPC, and keywords in titles and abstracts (available in Portuguese only).

Patent documents follow WIPO standards and include a front page containing key bibliographic information. Open patent data, including datasets in machine-readable formats, are made available through the Open Data Portal: INPI Open Data – Patents

INPI patent examiners have access to various national and international patent and non-patent literature databases to support prior art searches, including:

  • SequenceBase (biological sequence data)
  • IEEE Xplore (scientific and technical literature)
  • STNext (access to CAS and other global patent databases)
  • Derwent Innovation (enhanced patent data and analytics)

These tools, combined with internal systems, support examination procedures and ensure comprehensive access to patent information.

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office:  general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
  • Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
  • Internal databases:  coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
  • Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file:  file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
  • Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
  • Other matters

Overview

Since 2022, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) started several initiatives digital transformation of services and products in Patent area. Key development includes:

  • In progress: Implementation of BPMS Sydle One solution for Patents lifecycle that will modernize internal and external stakeholders´ experience;
  • In progress: Development of new Service Portal for search and dossies;
  • Planned: Smart Patent form and Modernization of technological database;
  • Planned: Modernization of technological database used of Patent services;
  • Planned: INPI has been devoting a lot of effort into the extraction of full text information from patent documents and exporting it to ST.36, as well as working on improvements in the ST.36 XML implementation;
  • Planned: Planned: Smart Patent and Brand form and AI powered search database for Industrial Designs.
  • In use: Neural network for patents deposit classification.

Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

Systems accessible to the external users

The petitioning system is an online form designed for patent-related services. The tool is integrated with the GRU/PAG, SINPI, and SisBioList systems.

It is the system responsible for issuing the Federal Payment Guide (GRU). Through the PAG system, users can access information about generated and paid GRUs, consult client and attorney data, perform bank reconciliation, and automatically register the receipt and internal processing of documents.

The RPI (Industrial Property Gazette) is the central system for publishing the industrial property journal editions, available on the INPI portal. Through this portal, users can track the official communications (despachos) issued for patent applications. The information can be accessed in full (PDF) or in a simplified format (TXT or XML).

It is the intellectual property search system, which allows users to monitor the progress of proceedings after logging in with a username and password. It also enables anonymous (unauthenticated) users to perform searches.

Systems accessible to internal users

  • SINPI Patent: System currently used by patent examiners for the analysis of patent filing applications.
  • SISCAP: System used to manage the queue of patent applications assigned to each examiner.
  • Medusa: System responsible for enabling the viewing and editing of images associated with applications and patents;
  • Geradoc: System responsible for generating the cover sheet, brochure, or document for various systems within the patent application management workflow.
  • SisBioList: SisBioList is a tool designed to ensure that patent processes involving biological sequence listings are analyzed more efficiently, thereby providing better protection for the claimed subject matter. The system generates a control code (hash) for the file and sends it to the user as proof of the deposited sequence listing;
  • NIS/SAPI: Cross-cutting system for organizational process management.;
  • SISAD-ANU: System aimed at automating the verification process of annuity payments for INPI's patent applications and granted patents;
  • Push: Notification system that sends, via email, the main information related to the user's proceedings, as published in INPI's official journal.

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Patent library:  equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
  • Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
  • Office’s initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
  • Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
  • Education and training:  training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
  • Other activities 

The Brazilian Patent Office (INPI) carries out several initiatives to promote public understanding and effective use of patent information. These include the development and dissemination of guides, tutorials, and other user-oriented resources, such as:

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
  • Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
  • Assistance to developing countries
  • Other activities

INPI Brazil is actively engaged in various international cooperation initiatives aimed at improving access to and dissemination of patent information. These activities include:

  • Participation in WIPO Committees and Task Forces: INPI plays an active role in the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS), including its Task Forces, as well as in the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) and the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC).
  • Cooperation with WIPO on OCR Technology: INPI collaborates with WIPO on the implementation of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solutions to extract full-text information from legacy patent documents, thereby enhancing the accessibility and usability of historical data.
  • Collaboration with the European Patent Office (EPO): INPI maintains a cooperation agreement with the EPO to enable access to structured patent data in XML format, facilitating improved data integration and analysis.
  • Provision of ST.36 Patent Data in Bulk: INPI offers ST.36-compliant patent data in bulk format to any interested national or regional patent authority, supporting global efforts to harmonize and share patent information.
  • Engagement in the Patent Analytics Community of Practice (CoP): INPI is an active member of the Patent Analytics CoP, an international forum coordinated by WIPO to exchange methodologies and best practices in patent data analysis.

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING PATENT INFORMATION

Note:  For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

  • "Fully implemented"
  • “Partially implemented”
  • "On implementation phase"
  • "Planning to implement"
  • “On assessment phase”
  • "No plan to implement"

Implementation Status Definitions

"Fully implemented"

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in a manner compliant or compatible with the Standard.

"Partially implemented"

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in part.  The Office practice aligns with some, but not all, requirements of the Standard.

"On implementation phase"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made and it is currently being deployed, configured, or integrated into systems and workflows.

"Planning to implement"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made;  planning activities (resource allocation, timeline development, technical design) are underway before actual implementation begins.

"On assessment phase"

The WIPO Standard is under active evaluation to determine its feasibility, technical requirements, costs, benefits, and alignment with organizational needs before making an implementation decision.

"No plan to implement"

The WIPO Standard has been reviewed and there is currently no intention or plan to implement it.


WIPO Standard ST.1:  Recommendation concerning the minimum data elements required to uniquely identify a patent document

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.2:  Standard manner for designating calendar dates by using the Gregorian calendar

On assessment phase


WIPO Standard ST.3:  Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations

Fully Implemented


WIPO Standard ST.6:  Recommendation for the numbering of published patent documents

Fully Implemented


WIPO Standard ST.8:  Standard recording of international patent classification (IPC) symbols on machine-readable records

On assessment phase


WIPO Standard ST.9:  Recommendation concerning bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

Fully Implemented


WIPO Standard ST.10:  Published patent documents

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/A:  Format (margins, size) of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/B:  Layout of bibliographic data components

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/C:  Presentation of bibliographic data components

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/D:  Guidelines on physical characteristics of patent documents particularly relevant to reproducibility and legibility of such documents

On assessment phase


WIPO Standard ST.11:  Recommendation on the minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes or published in association with patent gazettes

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12:  Guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/A:  General guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/B:  Guidelines for the preparation of categorized patent abstract

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/C:  Guidelines for the physical characteristics of separately published abstracts in selective dissemination of information (SDI) presented in the form of card files

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.13:  Recommendation for the numbering of applications for industrial property rights (IPRs)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.14:  Recommendation for the inclusion of references cited in patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.15:  Guidelines for the wording of titles of inventions in patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.16:  Recommended standard code for the identification of different kinds of patent documents

Fully Implemented


WIPO Standard ST.17:  Recommendation for the coding of headings of announcements made in official gazettes

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.18:  Recommendation concerning patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.19:  Recommendation for the publication of indexes issued yearly/half-yearly/quarterly by industrial property offices

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.20:  Recommendations for the preparation of name indexes to patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.21:  Recommendation concerning the reduction of volume of priority documents as filed with industrial property offices

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.22:  Recommendation for the authoring of patent applications for the purpose of facilitating optical character recognition (OCR)

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.25:  Standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings in patent applications

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.26:  Recommended standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML  (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.27:  Recommendation for the exchange of patent legal status data

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.31:  Recommended standard coded character sets for the exchange of machine-readable records of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.32:  Recommendation for the markup of patent documents using SGML (standard generalized markup language)

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.33:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of facsimile information of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.34:  Recommendation concerning the recording of application numbers in electronic form for the exchange of bibliographic data


WIPO Standard ST.35:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of mixed-mode published patent document information on reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/90 cartridge tapes

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.36:  Recommendation for the processing of patent information using XML (extensible markup language)

Partially implemented


WIPO Standard ST.37:  Recommendation for an authority file of published patent documents

Fully Implemented


WIPO Standard ST.40:  Recommendation concerning making facsimile images of patent documents available on CD-ROM

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.50:  Guidelines for issuing corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.90:  Recommendation for processing and communicating intellectual property data using web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

On implementation phase


WIPO Standard ST.91:  Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.92:  Recommendations on the data package format for the electronic exchange of priority documents

On implementation phase


WIPO Standard ST.96:  Recommendation for the processing of intellectual property information using XML (extensible markup language)

Planning to implement


WIPO Standard ST.97:  Recommendation for processing of intellectual property data using JSON

On assessment phase


VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

Please include any other relevant information here.




1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.

2. Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner).  Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.

3. Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC).  The new symbols are available on patent databases.