Patents

How your application is examined

Once an application is filed in the National Institute of Industrial Property, it is examined to verify that it was filed within the applicable timeframe and that if fulfils the conditions outlined in Regulations of the European Parliament and Council, relating to the issuing of supplementary protection certificates for medicinal and plant protection products. It is also examined vis-à-vis the requirements established in the Industrial Property Code.
Notification of refusal or grant of a SPC in published online in the Industrial Property Bulletin.
Decisions issued by INPI are subject to appeal through the Lisbon Commercial Court, during a period of two months following the publication of the notification in the Industrial Property Bulletin.