PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) commenced　the PPH pilot program on July 1, 2009 in accordance with the joint statement of intent at the IPOS/JPO Heads Meeting held in Singapore on June 16, 2009.

(At the meeting in June 2009: Ms. Liew, Director General of IPOS and Mr. Suzuki, 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 239KB>) (English <PDF 240KB>)
• Example forms for "Explanation of circumstances concerning accelerated examination"

- Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to IPOS

• Requirements and procedures in detail
  (Japanese <PDF 155KB>) (English <PDF 45KB>)

- Link

Link to the IPOS's PPH page

- Press release

• Press release in June 2009

-Japanese Page

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[Last updated 17 Jun 2009]