Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) based on an IPER established by the EPO as IPEA
The PPH enables an applicant whose claims have been determined to be patentable/allowable to have a corresponding application that has been filed with a PPH partner office processed in an accelerated manner while at the same time allowing the offices involved to exploit available work results.
Under the PPH pilot programme at the EPO, a PPH request filed with one of the other IP5 offices, i.e. CNIPA, JPO, KIPO and USPTO, or with one of the offices with which the EPO has launched bilateral PPH pilot programmes, i.e. CIPO (Canada), ILPO (Israel), IMPI (Mexico), IPOS (Singapore), IPA (Australia),, ROSPATENT (Russia), IPOPHL (Philippines), MyIPO (Malaysia), EAPO (Eurasian Patent Office), INDECOPI (Peru) and SIC (Columbia), can also be based on an IPER established by the EPO as IPEA (see point 3.2.032).
Irrespective of the PPH pilot programme any applicant may request accelerated examination under the PACE programme in the procedure before the EPO as elected Office at any time. For more information on the PACE programme reference is made to chapter E (see points 5.1.037 ff).
OJ 2010, 352
Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_c4_1_3.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XOJ EPO 2019, A107 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A78 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A58 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and IP Australia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A110 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A107 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A96 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil based on national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A77 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Eurasian Patent Office based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A67 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A47 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A5 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2016, A106 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the IP5 Offices based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2016, A75 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia based on PCT and national work products