The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a programme which allows the applicant to expedite patent...
General Introduction to PPH
Questions and answers
Currently, the EPO participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway programme (Japan Patent Office...
No, participation in the PPH programme at the EPO is free of charge. However, the regular procedural...
The Office of Earlier Examination (OEE) is the patent office with which you have already filed the...
The Office of Later Examination (OLE) is the patent office with which you have filed the application...
There are two types of “work products” that can be used when requesting participation in the PPH...
The EPO has gradually started implementing the PPH as a permanent procedure.
The GPPH is a multilateral framework between national and regional intellectual property offices...
For more, detailed information regarding the various PPH programmes please consult the agreements...