Canadian patent applicants and those considering filing
applications in Canada should carefully consider taking advantage
of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program. Costs and
prosecution time may be saved by implementing this efficient patent
prosecution strategy in Canada.
It has been over 7 years since the pilot Patent Prosecution
Highway program was launched between Canada and the U.S. The
program has been improved and expanded substantially since then. In
early 2014, the PPH program evolved into the "Global Patent
Prosecution Highway" pilot involving almost 20 country or
regional intellectual property offices.1
PPH Overview
Once a patent application has received allowance of at least one
claim by a participating Patent Office, prosecution may be
expedited in other participating Patent Offices for corresponding
patent applications sharing the same priority date.2
Accelerated processing of a corresponding application will be
provided pursuant to a PPH
