Types of PPH agreements

There are three different types of PPH agreements. The type of agreement determines what kind of application you can use as the basis for a PPH request to each of the participating authorities. Because the agreements are bilateral, the types of agreements vary between the respective countries.

PPH countries in June 2013 / Picture: Japanese Patent Office

PPH

The regular PPH agreement enables the applicant to request a second patent office (Office of Second Filing, OFF) to fast-track the examination of corresponding claims in their corresponding application on the basis of the examination result of the national patent application from a first patent office (Office of First Filing, OFF).

PCT-PPH

The PCT-PPH agreement enables the applicant to request accelerated examination by a second patent office when an International Searching Authority (ISA) or an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) has submitted a positive written opinion or a positive international preliminary report on patentability, respectively, regarding the application concerned.

PPH (MOTTAINAI)

Within the PPH (MOTTAINAI) programme, the applicant can request accelerated examination by a subsequent patent authority (Office of Later Examination, OLE) on the basis of an earlier office's (Office of Earlier Examination, OEE) examination result, provided that these two authorities have a PPH (MOTTAINAI) agreement. In this case, the OEE does not have to be the first authority (OFF) to receive the application concerned.

For more information about PPH (MOTTAINAI), visit the website of the Japanese Patent Office.

PPH 2.0

PPH 2.0 is an updated version created by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from the PPH (MOTTAINAI) programme. The PPH 2.0 agreement enables you to request accelerated examination by the USPTO on the basis of a positive examination result from any of the participating offices.

Read more about PPH 2.0 at the USPTO website.

3.6.2013
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