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USPTO Announces Extension of PPH with EPO & JPO

On January 29, 2010, the USPTO entered into a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with its counterpart offices in Europe and Japan. Under the PPH program, Written Opinions or International Preliminary Examination Reports issued by either the European Patent … Continue reading

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The Examination Express Lane: Recent Developments and Updates on the PPH

Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs are bilateral, work-sharing programs between patent offices designed to expedite examination and improve patent quality. In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered into multiple PPHs with foreign patent offices, … Continue reading

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

Here’s a look at the foreign filing/patent law news from the week of November 28, 2011: EU unitary patent news: EU ministers will meet next week to discuss the proposed European patent court.  More from Managing IP. New PPH pilot: … Continue reading

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

Here’s a recap of the patent/foreign filing news from this week: Nortel’s patent portfolio sells at auction for 4.5 billion How to protect IP Rights in China USPTO announces new framework for Patent Prosecution Highway Amazon “One-Click” denied European patent … Continue reading

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

Each Friday, we’ll post a roundup of the patent law/foreign filing news from that week. Here’s a recap of this week’s news: America Invents Act passes House Judiciary Committee, changing the patent system from the first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file … Continue reading

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USPTO Launches Three Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs

As discussed in previous posts, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a work-sharing program designed to improve the efficiency of prosecution among international patent offices and help reduce workload and backlog.  Recently, the USPTO announced the creation of PPH pilot … Continue reading

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Experts Share Foreign Filing Tips in IP Clinic

In Managing IP magazine’s recent IP clinic, IP professionals, including inovia’s own Jeff Shieh, discussed different approaches to handle the questions, “How should I file patents abroad?” and “When is it worth using the PCT, PPHs or just filing nationally?” … Continue reading

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USPTO to Expand Work Sharing with Australia and Finland

The United States Patent Office (USPTO) and IP Australia (IPAU) recently extended the existing Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program between the two offices.  Originally scheduled to expire this year, this agreement extends the PPH program until April 13, 2012. The … Continue reading

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Global Patent Offices Increasingly Share the Work

Patent Offices around the world are increasing their efforts to share work to reduce work duplication and decrease their backlogs.  In doing so, Patent Applicants should benefit from quicker and less costly prosecution.  A recent article on this topic can … Continue reading

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Patent Prosecution Highway to Russia

The USPTO and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation (ROSPATENT) have announced the creation of a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program.  The program commenced yesterday and will be in effect for one … Continue reading

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