Patent Prosecution Highway Program Using PCT International Work Products
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As mentioned in our earlier article, Japan Patent Office and European Patent Office agreed in the meeting in November, 2009 to commence the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program on January 29, 2010.
In the same meeting, the Trilateral Offices agreed to begin a pilot program in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) framework utilizing PCT work products (international search reports, written opinions, and international preliminary examination reports).
This will allow the Trilateral Offices to share more work with each other in the examination and expedite the procedures for acquiring intellectual property rights.
For details, please refer to the web pages below:
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pph_pct/pct_e.htm
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/highway_pilot_program_e.htm
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pph_epo/eigo.htm