ARGENTINA
October 17, 2016
On September 19th, 2016 the Argentine Patent and Trademark Office (ARPTO) issued a Resolution that will come into force on October 15th, 2016 pursuant to which patent applicants will be able to request accelerated examination of patent applications.
According to this Regulation, the ARPTO is authorized to consider that the essential requirements of patentability have been satisfied as long as the patent application examination has not started by October 15th, 2016 and the patent has been granted abroad for the same invention (independently of whether priority has been claimed or not).