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 306KB>) (English <PDF 335KB>)

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 458KB>) (English <PDF 391KB>)

Request form

(Microsoft® Word version <DOC 95KB>)

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

 

-Link

Link to the SIPO’s PPH page

-Press Release

Press Release of October, 2011

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 27 April 2012]