Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an initiative to accelerate examination of patent applications if examination work was cleared at a corresponding patent office.
Currently, MyIPO has bilateral PPH agreements with Japan Patent Office (JPO), European Patent Office (EPO) and China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). If a patent application receives clear examination in JPO, EPO or CNIPA, the examination result can be submitted as a reference to MyIPO for PPH. The reverse is also true, if a patent application receives clear examination in MyIPO, the examination result can be submitted as a reference to JPO, EPO or CNIPA.
PPH was introduced to reduce the work load of patent examiners. We were made to understand that examiners of JPO, EPO or CNIPA would still need to search prior arts in local languages after receiving PPH request.
A similar arrangement was also formed in ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) among Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Lao, Thailand and Vietnam.
Currently, MyIPO has bilateral PPH agreements with Japan Patent Office (JPO), European Patent Office (EPO) and China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). If a patent application receives clear examination in JPO, EPO or CNIPA, the examination result can be submitted as a reference to MyIPO for PPH. The reverse is also true, if a patent application receives clear examination in MyIPO, the examination result can be submitted as a reference to JPO, EPO or CNIPA.
PPH was introduced to reduce the work load of patent examiners. We were made to understand that examiners of JPO, EPO or CNIPA would still need to search prior arts in local languages after receiving PPH request.
A similar arrangement was also formed in ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) among Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Lao, Thailand and Vietnam.
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