Objective and Outline of the Patent Prosecution Highway

The basic concept of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is as follows: where the office of first filing (OFF) has assessed the patentability of a patent application, the office of second filing (OSF) offers the applicant an accelerated examination for the corresponding application, provided that certain conditions are met. Those conditions include sufficient correspondence in the claims of the two applications and the search and examination results of the OFF being made available to the OSF.

Through the PPH program, the examination results of the OFF are used to expedite the application process in the OSF, thereby reducing the workload and improving patent quality. If deemed patentable by the OFF, corresponding application is filed in advance for accelerated examination in the OSF.

Outline of requirements and documents to be submitted for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway

Outline of requirements

Outline of documents to be submitted

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the JPO

KIPO and JPO agreed to start a Patent Prosecution Highway on April 1, 2007, according to a decision at the Commissioners' Meeting held in November 2005. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

KIPO and JPO agreed to include a PCT application without priority claim in the eligible applications for the KIPO-JPO PPH. This agreement came into effect on July 1, 2009.

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway program : Japanese   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to JPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to JPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway program : Japanese   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit JPO's website below:

Request form example : http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi/t_torikumi/program_style_Korea.htm

JPO's PPH website : http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/patent_highway_e.htm

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the USPTO

KIPO and the USPTO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in September 2007 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program in January, 2008. The Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program commenced on January 28, 2008, for a period of one year and ended on January 28, 2009. KIPO and the USPTO agreed to the full implementation of the PPH between KIPO and the USPTO from January 29, 2009, under the same conditions as the pilot program.

Joint Announcement on the Full Implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the USPTO

English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway program:
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to the USPTO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to the USPTO for participation in Patent Prosecution Highway program
English   Korean

Request form: English

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the USPTO website below:

http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pph/pph_kipo.html

PCT-PPH between KIPO and the USPTO

KIPO and the USPTO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in June 2011 to start a PCT-PPH pilot program in July, 2011. The PCT-PPH pilot program commenced on July 1, 2011, for a period of 11 months and ended on May 31, 2012. KIPO and the USPTO agreed to the full implementation of the PCT-PPH between KIPO and the USPTO from June 1, 2012, under the same conditions as the pilot program.

Joint Announcement on the Full Implementation of the PCT-PPH between KIPO and the USPTO

English   Korean

PCT-PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PCT-PPH program:
English   Korean

PCT-PPH Request to the USPTO

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the USPTO website below:

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_kipo.jsp

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the DKPTO

KIPO and the DKPTO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in September 2008 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on March 1, 2009. After the one-year pilot period, KIPO and the DKPTO agreed to extend the PPH pilot program in its current state.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and the DKPTO

English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway program:
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to the DKPTO

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the DKPTO website below:
http://internationalcooperation.dkpto.org/patent-prosecution-highways.aspx

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the UK-IPO

KIPO and the UK-IPO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in June 2009 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on October 1, 2009. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and the UK-IPO
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in Patent Prosecution Highway program:
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to the UK-IPO

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the UK-IPO website below:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-applying/p-after/p-pph/p-pph-kipo.htm

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and CIPO

KIPO and CIPO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in September 2009 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on October 1, 2009. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and CIPO:
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program:
English   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit CIPO website below :
http://www.opic.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02160.html

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and ROSPATENT

KIPO and ROSPATENT agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held on June 23, 2009 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on November 2, 2009. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and ROSPATENT:
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program:
English   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the ROSPATENT website below :
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_en/en/main/

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the NBPR

KIPO and the NBPR agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in September 2009 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on January 4, 2010. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and the NBPR

English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program:
English   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the NBPR website below :
http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/pph.html

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the DPMA

KIPO and the DPMA agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in March 2010 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on July 1, 2010. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and DPMA :
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program:
English   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the DPMA website below :
http://www.dpma.de/english/patent/procedures/pph/index.html

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and the SPTO

KIPO and the SPTO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in May 2011 to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on July 1, 2011. Details about procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

Joint Announcement of the Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between KIPO and SPTO :
English   Korean

Patent Prosecution Highway Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program:
English   Korean

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the SPTO website below :
http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Corea/Corea.htm

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and SIPO

KIPO and SIPO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in November 2011 to start PPH and PCT-PPH pilot programs on March 1, 2012. Details on requirements and procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

PPH & PCT-PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PPH & PCT-PPH programs:
English
Korean(PPH)   Korean(PCT-PPH)

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to SIPO for participation in the PPH & PCT-PPH programs can be found at the SIPO website
: http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph

PCT-PPH between KIPO and the JPO

KIPO and JPO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in June 2012 to start a PCT-PPH pilot program on July 1, 2012. Details on requirements and procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

PCT-PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PCT-PPH program : English   Korean

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to JPO for participation in the PCT-PPH program can be found at the JPO website
: http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pph_pct/pct_e.htm

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and IMPI

KIPO and IMPI agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in March 2012 to start a PPH pilot program on July 1, 2012. Details on requirements and procedures in each office are found in the documents below.

PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PPH program : English   Korean

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to IMPI for participation in the PPH program can be found at the IMPI website
: http://www.impi.gob.mx/wb/IMPI/programa_piloto_del_procedimiento
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Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and HIPO

KIPO and HIPO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in October 2012 to launch a PPH pilot program on January 1, 2013. Details on the requirements and procedures of each office can be found in the documents below.

PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PPH program: English   Korean

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to HIPO for participation in the PPH program: English

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the HIPO website listed below:
: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/English/szabadalom/pph/index.html

Patent Prosecution Highway between KIPO and IPOS

KIPO and IPOS agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in October 2012 to launch a PPH pilot program on January 1, 2013. Details on the requirements and procedures of each office can be found in the documents below.

PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PPH program : English  Korean

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to IPOS for participation in the PPH program : English

For more details on the procedure, request form, and so on, please visit the IPOS website listed below :
: http://www.ipos.gov.sg/AboutIP/TypesofIPWhatisIntellectualProperty/
Whatisapatent/Applyingforapatent/PatentProsecutionHighwayPPH.aspx

PPH and PCT-PPH between KIPO and APO

KIPO and APO agreed at the Commissioners' Meeting held in December 2012 to launch a PPH and PCT-PPH pilot program on March 1, 2013. Details on the requirements and procedures of each office can be found in the documents below.

PPH/PCT-PPH Request to KIPO

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to KIPO for participation in the PPH/PCT-PPH program : English
 Korean(PPH)  Korean(PCT-PPH)

Requirements and procedures for filing a request to APO for participation in the PPH/PCT-PPH program : English