2021-02-24 07:51:08 GMT2021-02-24 15:51:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) China s National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) said it had signed agreements with 30 patent review organizations across the world on the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) by the end of 2020.
The PPH, a framework for the examination of patent applications filed to participant offices, has become an important way for Chinese applicants to seek rapid patent protection in foreign markets, the NIPA added.
By the end of June 2020, Chinese applicants had submitted a total of 9,066 requests to the PPH, with an average annual growth rate of 22.6 percent. Enditem
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Chinas National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) said it had signed agreements with 30 patent review organizations across the world on the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) by the end of 2020
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Brazilian PTO published on December 29, 2020, Phase II (Ordinance No. 404/2020) of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, implementing new rules for the acceptance into the program. The ordinance is in force since January 01, 2021, and will be
valid until December 31, 2024. Phase II will follow the same criteria as phase I with the following changes:
1. an applicant can submit one PPH request every
weekly cycle (instead of the previous monthly cycle);
2. the program will allow a total of up to
600 requests per annual cycle;
3. the program will allow up to
150 requests per annual cycle related to the same Section of the International Patent Classification (IPC); and
The extensive amendments to the Patent Act and Patent Rules that came into force on October 30, 2019 have complicated the practice for responding to an Office Action (i.e. an.