The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the National Board of Patents and Registration (NBPR) of Finland have been implementing the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program since April 20, 2009. To make the pilot more convenient to applicants, both offices will expand eligibility for the PPH on July 1, 2010. The improved program will better [...]
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have been conducting a pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) scheme since July 2007. Both offices agreed to make this pilot scheme on full-time basis from March 10, 2010.
This agreement has made the UK the third country with which Japan implements a full-time [...]
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) will commence the PPH pilot program on 29 January 2010.
Following an agreement at the Trilateral Conference held in Kyoto on 13 November 2009, it is possible to request for participating in this pilot program on the basis of PCT international work products.
The purpose of (Patent Prosecution Highway) PPH is to facilitate an applicant’s acquisition of a patent at an early stage worldwide and to enhance the utilization of search and examination results among the world’s major IP Offices so as to reduce the burden of examination and to enhance the quality of examination worldwide.
PPH enables an [...]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) announced the full implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program on January 4, 2008. The USPTO and JPO sponsored a pilot program which began in July 2006 and ended on January 3, 2008. The results of the pilot program showed [...]