PPH: diverging opinions at the USPTO and EPO
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PPH: diverging opinions at the USPTO and EPO

Max Walters
August 14, 2019
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Lawyers tell Managing IP that because of different approaches by the offices, plus some examiners’ tendency to take less notice of previous results, the PPH programme is not always beneficial

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