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The Patent Prosecution Highway for US and PCT Filings
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program and the new Patent Cooperation Treaty PPH (“PCT/PPH”) allow an applicant that is notified by a first patent office that at least one claim in an application is patentable, to request fast tract examination of a corresponding patent application filed in a second patent office.
The United State Patent Office (USPO) has PPH and PCT/PPH agreements with the following international patent offices:
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Participating Countries |
PPH |
PCT/PPH |
|
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Austria |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Canada |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Denmark |
Yes |
|
|
European Patent Office (EPO) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Finland |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Germany |
Yes |
|
|
Hungary |
Yes |
|
|
Israel |
Yes |
|
|
Japan |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Korea |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mexico |
Yes |
|
|
Nordic Patent Institute |
|
Yes |
|
Russia |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Singapore |
Yes |
|
|
Spain |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Sweden |
|
Yes |
|
United Kingdom |
Yes |
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