The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) will commence the PPH pilot program on 29 January 2010.
Following an agreement at the Trilateral Conference held in Kyoto on 13 November 2009, it is possible to request for participating in this pilot program on the basis of PCT international work products.
(At the meeting in November 2009: Mr. Hosono, Commissioner of the JPO and Ms. Brimelow, Commissioner of the EPO)
Please see documents below for details about procedures in each office.
- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the JPO
・PPH using EP regional work products or PCT international work products
Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)
(Japanese <PDF 288KB>) (English <PDF 320KB>)
Request form
Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"
-Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the EPO
・PPH using JP national work products
Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)
(Japanese <PDF 173KB>) (English <HTML version>) (German, English and French <PDF version>)
Request form (EPC proceedings - forms)
・PPH using PCT international work products (PCT-PPH)
Guideline (Requirements and procedures in detail)
(Japanese <PDF 170KB>) (English <HTML version>) (German, English and French <PDF version>)
Request form
- Link
- Press release
Press Release of November, 2009
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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 2 April 2010]
