China: SIPO has signed its first PPH agreement with JPO

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) launched a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project on 1 November 2011, making Japan China's first PPH partner. Detailed information on the project can be found in dedicated PPH sections on the JPO (in English and Japanese) and SIPO websites (in English and Chinese).