PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) have commenced the PPH pilot program on October 1, 2009

(At the meeting in September 2009:Ms. Carman, Commissioner of the CIPO and Mr. Hosono, Commissioner of the JPO)

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

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO

• Requirements and procedures in detail
  (Japanese <PDF 210KB>) (English <PDF 211KB>)
• Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"

-Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the CIPO

• Requirements and procedures in detail
  (Japanese <PDF 219KB>) (English <PDF 127KB>)
• Example forms
  (Microsoft®Word version <DOC 58KB>)

- Link

• Link to the CIPO's PPH page

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

• ・-PPH MOTTAINAI Pilot Program: New patent prosecution highway pilot program with relaxed requirements to commence on July 15 [Jun 2011]
• ・-Commencement of the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program between the JPO and the CIPO [Sep 2009]

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 14 July 2011]