The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) have started the pilot program for the Patent Prosecution Highway using Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international work products by the NPI on 1 October 2011 in accordance with the joint statement of intent at the NPI/JPO Heads Meeting held in Geneva on 29 September 2011.
(At the meeting in September 2011: Ms. Lone Hartung Nielsen, Director of the NPI and Mr. Yoshiyuki Iwai, Commissioner of the JPO)
Please see documents below for details about procedure.
- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO
・PPH using PCT international work products by the NPI
Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)
(Japanese <PDF 229KB>) (English <PDF 221KB>)
Request form
Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"
-Link
-Press Release
Press release in September 2011
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- <Contact Information>
- Examination Policy Planning Office
- Administrative Affairs Division
- First Patent Examination Department
- Japan Patent Office
- Tel: +81-3-3581-1101 (ex. 3103)
- E-mail: PA2260@jpo.go.jp
[Last updated 13 February 2013]
