Patent Prosecution Highway
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The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work previously done by the other patent office, with the goal of reducing examination workload and improving patent quality.
Cooperations
The cooperations involve the following patent offices:- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO)
- Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
- UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
More precisely, here is the list of cooperations:
- CIPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008.
- EPO - USPTO: A one-year trial cooperation program ("PPH Pilot Programme") will commence on 29 September 2008, for a period of one year ending on 29 September 2009.
- JPO - USPTO: The pilot program started in July 2006. The trial period was originally scheduled to last for one year, but was extended until January 3, 2008. The program has been implemented on a full-time basis since January 4, 2008. The program has been implemented on a full-time basis since January 4, 2008.
- JPO - KIPO: The pilot program started in April 2007.
- JPO - UK-IPO: A one-year pilot program commenced on July 1, 2007.
- JPO - GPTO: A pilot program will be implemented in March 2008.
- KIPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008.
- UK-IPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on September 4, 2007.
References
See also
- Patent prosecution
- List of patent offices
- Patent application
- Public participation in patent examination
External links
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway by the Trilateral Patent Offices
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Wikipedia
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work previously done by the other patent office, with the goal of reducing examination workload and improving patent quality.
Cooperations
The cooperations involve the following patent offices:- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO)
- Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
- UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
More precisely, here is the list of cooperations:
- CIPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008.
- EPO - USPTO: A one-year trial cooperation program ("PPH Pilot Programme") will commence on 29 September 2008, for a period of one year ending on 29 September 2009.
- JPO - USPTO: The pilot program started in July 2006. The trial period was originally scheduled to last for one year, but was extended until January 3, 2008. The program has been implemented on a full-time basis since January 4, 2008. The program has been implemented on a full-time basis since January 4, 2008.
- JPO - KIPO: The pilot program started in April 2007.
- JPO - UK-IPO: A one-year pilot program commenced on July 1, 2007.
- JPO - GPTO: A pilot program will be implemented in March 2008.
- KIPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008.
- UK-IPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on September 4, 2007.
References
See also
- Patent prosecution
- List of patent offices
- Patent application
- Public participation in patent examination
External links
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Patent Prosecution Highway by the Trilateral Patent Offices
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