New Developments On Patent Prosecution Highway In Colombia

Since 2012 the Colombia Patent Office has been implementing agreements with several Industrial Property Offices destined to achieve application of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). Hence on September 1, 2012 it started the pilot program with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), on November 1, 2013 with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and on September 1, 2014 it launched the pilot program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO). 

During 2016 it has entered into agreements with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), effective since February 1st and the latest with the European Patent Office (EPO) which began on the second semester of 2016.

The requirements established by the Colombian Patent Office for purposes of recognizing patentability examinations conducted by any of the aforesaid Industrial Property Offices are for the Colombian application to claim priority from a prior application filed before any office implementing