Managing Intellectual Property

Biggest patent offices in work-sharing drive

03 November 2008

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

The world’s five largest patent offices have revealed a plan to cut patent pendency by increasing work sharing

Jung-Sik Koh, head of the Korean IP Office (KIPO) chaired a meeting held in Jeju, Korea from October 27 to 28. It was attended by Alison Brimelow, president of the European Patent Office (EPO); Takashi Suzuki, commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO); Tian Lipu, commissioner of China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO); and Jon Dudas, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Following the meeting, the offices published a vision statement. The aims...



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