PPH – Shortcut To Patent

In this article we just try to summarize the frequently asked questions of PPH we have recently encountered in our practice. Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is the chain of agreements between various patent offices offering a mechanism according to which positive examination results in one (first) patent office can be submitted to a second patent office to accelerate patent prosecution in the second patent office. This procedure was suggested in order to relieve of a burden of repeated examinations in overloaded patent offices and a failure to provide fast issuance of patents, especially for swift developing technologies.

1. PURPOSES OF PPH?

Finding ways of sharing work of patent offices to reduce workloads and streamline procedure to offer applicants a faster patent allowance.