PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have commenced the PPH pilot program on 18 April 2012.

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

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO

・PPH using PT national work products

Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 212KB>) (English <PDF 230KB>)

Request form

Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the INPI

PPH using JP national work products or PCT international work products

・Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 233KB>) (English <PDF 121KB>)

Request form

PPH using JP national work products (Microsoft®Word version <DOC 68KB>)

PPH using PCT international work products (PCT-PPH) (Microsoft®Word version <DOC 68KB>)

-Link

Link to the INPI's PPH page

-Press Release

ECommencement of PPH MOTTAINAI Pilot Program between the JPO and the INPI

EPress Release in April, 2012

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 13 February 2013]