PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China (SIPO)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China (SIPO) have commenced the PPH pilot program on 1 November 2011 in accordance with the joint statement of intent at the SIPO/JPO Heads Meeting held in Beijing on 18 October 2011. The JPO and the SIPO will also start the PPH pilot program using PCT international work products.

(At the meeting in October 2011: Mr. Tian Lipu, Commissioner of the SIPO and Mr. Yoshiyuki Iwai, Commissioner of the JPO)

Please see documents below for details about procedures in each office.

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO

・PPH using CN national work products or PCT international work products

Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 313KB>) (English <PDF 339KB>)

Request form

Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"

-Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the SIPO

・PPH using JP national work products or PCT international work products

Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 462KB>) (English <PDF 389KB>)

Request form

(Microsoft® Word version <DOC 116KB>)

*The SIPO application must be electronic patent application when the PPH request is filed on or after March 1, 2012.

 

-Link

Link to the SIPOfs PPH page

-Development of the PPH program between the JPO and the SIPO

Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program between the JPO and the SIPO and Simplification of the application procedure

Press Release of October, 2011

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 29 November 2012]