PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)

The Interchange Association and the Association of East Asian Relations (hereinafter referred to as gboth Sidesh) agreed to cooperate with each other in order to obtain necessary consent from the relevant authorities of both Sides regarding the introduction of PPH (Link to the website of the Interchange Association). The Japan Patent Office (JPO) is providing maximum support and cooperation to the Interchange Association within the limits permitted by laws and regulations, and will implement the PPH pilot program in May 2012 as follows:

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

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO

- PPH using the national work products from the TIPO

Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 227KB>) (English <PDF 253KB>)

Request form

Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the TIPO

- PPH using the national work products from JPO

Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)

(Japanese <PDF 744KB>) (English <PDF 544KB>)

Request form

Request for Acceleration Examination under PPH Pilot Program (Microsoft®Word version <DOC 91KB>)

Amendment Request Form under the PPH Pilot Program (Microsoft®Word version <DOC 64KB>)

*Last updated January 2013.

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 24 January 2013]