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 204KB>) (English <PDF 45KB>)
*The sentence “The PPH pilot programme commences on 1 July 2009, for a period of one year ending on 1 July 2010. This period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH programme.” is described on above documents, but this pilot program is extended and is currently ongoing.
- Link
- Press release
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- <Contact Information>
- Examination Policy Planning Office
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- First Patent Examination Department
- Japan Patent Office
- Tel: +81-3-3581-1101 (ex. 3103)
- E-mail: PA2260@jpo.go.jp
[Last updated 13 February 2013]
