PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Austrian Patent Office (APO)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Austrian Patent Office (APO) commenced the PPH pilot program on July 1, 2009 in accordance with the joint statement of intent at the APO/JPO Heads Meeting held in Vienna on May 19, 2009. The JPO and the APO agreed that they will also start the PPH pilot program using PCT international work products by the JPO from October 1, 2013.

(At the meeting in May 2009:Dr. Rödler, President of the APO and Mr. Suzuki, Commissioner of the JPO)

How to make a request

Guidelines (Requirements and procedures in detail) and Request form for Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)

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[Last updated 15 November 2019]