PPH between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)

Effective 10 May,2022, The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) is suspended.

Please note that on and after 10 May, 2022, the JPO will no longer grant requests to participate in the PPH at the JPO when such requests are based on work performed by EAPO as an Office of Earlier Examination (OEE) under the PPH. In addition, in pending cases in which, prior to 10 May,2022, the JPO entitled the accelerated examination status under the PPH to applications based on work performed by EAPO as OEE, the JPO removes such status and no longer treats them as PPH applications at the JPO .

Link

Link to the EAPO's PPH page (External link)

Japanese Page

[Last updated 10 May 2022]

Contact

Examination Policy Planning Office Administrative Affairs Division Patent and Design Examination Department Japan Patent Office Tel: +81-3-3581-1101 (ex. 3103) E-mail: PA2260@jpo.go.jp