PPH program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) have commenced the PPH pilot program on 1 July 2011 in accordance with the joint statement of intent at the IMPI/JPO Heads Meeting held in Tokyo on 2 June 2011.

This PPH pilot program applies to applications assumed as patentable by the JPO or the IMPI and PCT applications having received a positive written opinion or a positive international preliminary report from the JPO, where the JPO were the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examination Authority.

The JPO and the IMPI have commenced the “PPH MOTTAINAI” pilot program on November 1, 2015.

（At the meeting in October 2015: Mr. Margain, Director General of the IMPI and Mr. Ito, Commissioner of the JPO）

How to make a request

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

Link

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

Press Release

• Full implementation of PPH program between the JPO and the IMPI as of 1 November 2012

Japanese Page

[Last updated 28 February 2020]

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