2011年8月23日 星期二

TIPO PPH with USPTO


Besides the current AEP (accelerated examination program) enforced in TIPO, TIPO receives agreement of PPH (patent prosecution highway) pilot program with USPTO. PPH will be launched on Sep. 1, 2011.
(referring to http://enpan.blogspot.com/2010/03/tipo-patent-application-accelerated.html)

IMPORTANT, (quoted from TIPO)
Applicants for invention patents that are first filed with USPTO and later filed with TIPO claiming priority to the USPTO application may submit a request for accelerated examination with TIPO, provided the examination result from USPTO contains at least one claim determined to be patentable. Correspondingly, applicants for invention patents that are first filed in TIPO and later filed in USPTO may also submit a request for accelerated examination with the USPTO, provided the examination result from TIPO contains at least one claim determined to be patentable.

Ron

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