PPH pilot program between TIPO and SPTO launched - 2013.10.15

TIPO launched a patent prosecution highway (PPH) Mottainai pilot program, which is an enhanced version of the general PPH programs, with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) on October 1, 2013, allowing both offices to speed up patent examination.

Under this new program, if one of the signing parties has first issued an examination result, the applicant may apply for PPH examination with another party, whether or not such result has been issued by an office of first filing (OFF). For instance, an applicant who has first filed a patent application with TIPO (OFF) and then with SPTO (the Office of Second Filing, OSF) in respect of the same creation may apply for PPH with TIPO if the examination result has first been issued by SPTO. This procedure does not apply to the general PPH program, however.

The TIPO-SPTO PPH Pilot Program will undergo a two-year trial period from October 1, 2013 and be jointly evaluated after its expiration.

For further information, please visit the following links or contact us directly: http://www.tipo.gov.tw/lp.asp?CtNode=6714&CtUnit=3225&BaseDSD=7&mp=1 (Chinese version)

For Spanish and English versions, please go to: http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Taiwan/Taiwan.htm

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