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January 24, 2012
IP owners in Germany and China can now apply to have their patent applications examined more quickly after the German Patent and Trademark Office and China’s State Intellectual Property Office launched a patent prosecution highway yesterday.
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October 31, 2011
The first ever patent prosecution highway involving China’s State Intellectual Property Office will launch tomorrow with the Japan Patent Office
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September 30, 2010
The USPTO has stepped up its international patent prosecution cooperation efforts in an attempt to reach its worksharing goals
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September 20, 2010
The European Patent Office and the USPTO have agreed to extend the pilot patent prosecution highway (PPH) between the two offices for another 16 months.
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July 06, 2010
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July 02, 2010
The USPTO has increased cooperation with SIPO and launched plans for a pilot patent prosecution highway (PPH) between the two offices
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June 28, 2010
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March 10, 2010
The patent prosecution highway between the UK and Japan patent offices became permanent yesterday, as heads of national offices emphasised that PPHs will be key to tackling backlogs in the global patent system
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March 01, 2010
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November 23, 2009
The EPO, JPO and USPTO’s pilot project to use PCT work in the patent prosecution highway framework will begin in January next year
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July 27, 2009
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June 30, 2009
The USPTO has extended its patent prosecution highway (PPH) initiative to Finland
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June 17, 2009
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) will start pilot patent prosecution highways with the Austrian Patent Office (APO) and IP Office of Singapore (IPOS) on July 1
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June 01, 2009
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April 24, 2009
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April 01, 2009
Fasten your seatbelts. John M Carson, Alan Kessler and Hugh Dunlop explain how the PPH works in practice, and ask which applicants will most benefit from it