Patent Prosecution Highway

Patent Prosecution Highway

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. Patent Prosecution Highway at the Trilateral Co-operation ]

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. [ Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) website, [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/PPH_program-e.html "Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office"] . Consulted on January 20, 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. [ European Patent Office web site, [http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/InformationEPO/archiveinfo/20080926.html "Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programme between the European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office"] , Information from the European Patent Office, 26 September 2008. Consulted on September 27, 2008. ] [ European Patent Office web site, [http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2008/20080428.html "EPO and USPTO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway"] , News, 28 April 2008. Consulted on May 2, 2008. ] [ USPTO web site, [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/08-18.htm "USPTO and EPO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway"] , Press release, #08-18, April 28, 2008. Consulted on May 2, 2008.]
* 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. [ US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website, [http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pph/pph_jpo.html "Patent Prosecution Highway Between USPTO and JPO (Permanent)"] , consulted March 5, 2008. ]
* JPO - KIPO: The pilot program started in April 2007. [ Japan Patent Office (JPO) website, [http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/koria_jpo_highway_e.htm "Patent Prosecution Highway between the JPO and the KIPO"] , Examination Activities and Appeal Examination Activities, consulted January 20, 2008. ]
* JPO - UK-IPO: A one-year pilot program commenced on July 1, 2007. [ JPO web site, [http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/niti_ei_highway_program_e.htm "PPH pilot program between the JPO and the UK-IPO"] , Examination Activities and Appeal Examination Activities, consulted January 20, 2008. ] [ Managing Intellectual Property, "UK and Japan sign patent pledge", April 3, 2007. ]
* JPO - GPTO: A pilot program will be implemented in March 2008. [ JPO web site, [http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_germany_highway_e.htm "PPH pilot program between the JPO and the GPTO"] , Examination Activities and Appeal Examination Activities, consulted January 20, 2008. ]
* KIPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008. [ USPTO website, [http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pph/pph_kipo.html "The Patent Prosecution Highway in Conjunction With the Korean Intellectual Property Office"] , consulted March 5, 2008. ]
* UK-IPO - USPTO: A one-year pilot program commenced on September 4, 2007. [ UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) website, [http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-applying/p-after/p-after-pph/p-after-pph-uspto.htm "Patent Prosecution Highway between the UK and United States"] , consulted January 20, 2008. ]

References

See also

* Patent prosecution
* List of patent offices
* Patent application
* Public participation in patent examination

External links

* [http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/pph/ Patent Prosecution Highway] at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
* [http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/patent_highway_e.htm Patent Prosecution Highway] at the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
* [http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo2/user.tdf?a=user.english.html.HtmlApp&c=60622 Patent Prosecution Highway] at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
* [http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-applying/p-after/p-after-pph.htm Patent Prosecution Highway] at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)
* [http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pph/pph_index.html Patent Prosecution Highway] at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
* [http://www.trilateral.net/news/20060324/ Patent Prosecution Highway] by the Trilateral Patent Offices


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