The following countries / offices are currently members of the Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PPH) (23/03/2011): JPO (Japan) USPTO (the United States of America) KIPO (South … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) stared ha pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program since July 2007. The JPO and the UKIPO has agreed to … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO)  announced that they launch the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program on January 29, 2010, according to an agreement … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office started a pilot patent prosecution highway program which utilizes search reports prepared in an international phase of PCT international applications from January 29, … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office started Patent Prosection Highway Program (PPH) in 2008. A purpose of the PPH program is to allow an applicant of a patent application to obtain patent protection and to … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) started Patent Prosecution Highway on April 1, 2007 according to decision at Commissioners' meeting held in November, … [Read more...]

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a JPO proposal aimed at utilising accelerated examination in each Office to ensure the timely obtaining of search and examination results so as to improve … [Read more...]

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)  announced the full implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program on January 4, 2008. The … [Read more...]