PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PCT-PPH and Global PPH)

AR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Argentina) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   US United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Guidelines / Form This Office participates in the PROSUR Patent Prosecution Highway pilot . Guidelines / Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. 
Note that Argentina is not a PCT Contracting State.           AT Austrian Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.          AU Australian Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:   EP European Patent Office Form This Office has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office. 
This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.           BR National Institute of Industrial property of Brazil (INPI) (Brazil) has PCT-PPH agreements with: CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.          CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:  BR National Institute of Industrial property of Brazil (INPI) (Brazil) CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)   EP European Patent Office Guidelines/Form This Office has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office. 
This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       CL National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) has PCT-PPH agreements with:  CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines  EP European Patent Office “(start date to be defined)”  Guidelines This Office participates in the PROSUR Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office participates in the Alianza del Pacifico Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.         CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   AT Austrian Patent Office Forms (see below) CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office Forms CL National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) Forms ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Forms FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Forms   IL Israel Patent Office Forms RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) Forms   SE Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) Forms SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Forms This Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. PPH Forms at this Office include a PPH request formand a Form for making corrections.         CO Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   EP European Patent Office  Guidelines   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines This Office participates in the PROSUR Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office participates in the Alianza del Pacifico Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.         CZ Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic has PCT-PPH agreements with: CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines/Form   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form   US United States Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines/Form     DE German Patent and Trade Mark Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Form  This Office also has a PPH agreement which does not include PCT work products.   DK Danish Patent and Trademark Office has PCT-PPH agreements with: Guidelines/Form BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) Guidelines   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.         EA Eurasian Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:    EP European Patent Office  FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Guidelines   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form  KR Korean Intellectual Property Office This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       EE Estonian Patent Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Forms         EG Egyptian Patent Office (EGYPO) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form         EP European Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:    AU Australian Patent Office Form   CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office Form CL National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) “(start date to be defined)”  Guidelines   IL Israel Patent Office Form   RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) (suspended by EP) Form   SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Form This Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:    FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Form   JP Japan Patent Office Form   RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) Form TR Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Turkpatent) Guidelines This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office also has a PPH agreement which does not include PCT work products.   FR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (France) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   BR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Brazil)   CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office   KR Korean Intellectual Property Office   US United States Patent and Trademark Office INPI (FR) has closed its national route. However, PCT work products could be used in parallel national filings at INPI (FR). This Office also has a PPH agreement which does not include PCT work products.   GB Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom) has PCT-PPH agreements with: BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) Guidelines / Form   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines / Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines / Form In addition, the United Kingdom’s PCT (UK) Fast Track system allows applicants to request accelerated examination in the United Kingdom national phase if their international application has received a positive International Preliminary Report on Patentability (either Chapter I or Chapter II) regardless of which authority has issued that report.  This system  was relaxed on June 8, 2012, and now allows applicants to make changes to an international application, and still request accelerated examination in the UK.   HU Hungarian Intellectual Property Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.   CN  China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Form ID Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    JP Japan Patent Office Form     IL Israel Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)     EP European Patent Office Guidelines This Office has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office. This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.     IS Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines/Forms This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines     JP Japan Patent Office has PCT-PPH agreements with: BR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Brazil) Guidelines EG Egyptian Patent Office (EGYPO) Guidelines/ Form PH Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Guidelines/ Form TR Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Turkpatent) Guidelines This Office has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office.
This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway and the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilots. This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.         KR Korean Intellectual Property Office has PCT-PPH agreements with: This Office also a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office. Guidelines This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway  (Guidelines/Form).
This Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (Guidelines/Form) pilots. This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.         MX Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has PCT-PPH agreements with: AT Austrian Patent Office Guidelines   CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office Guidelines CL National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) Guidelines   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines   EP European Patent Office Guidelines   ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Guidelines   US United States Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines This Office participates in the Alianza del Pacifico Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines       MY Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines EP European Patent Office   JP Japan Patent Office  Guidelines/Form KR Korean Intellectual Property Office Guidelines   NI Registry of Intellectual Property (Nicaragua)   US United States Patent and Trademark Office           NO Norwegian Industrial Property Office CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines/Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Form        NZ Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines     PE National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) EP European Patent Office  Guidelines ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines/Form JP Japan Patent Office  Guidelines This Office also participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. This Office participates in the PROSUR Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines This Office participates in the Alianza del Pacifico Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines         PH Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines has PCT-PPH agreements with:  EP European Patent Office  Guidelines /Form   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines /Form KR Korean Intellectual Property Office Guidelines /Form   US United States Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines /Form         PL Patent Office of the Republic of Poland has PCT-PPH agreements with:      CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Form This Office also participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.
This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. Guidelines/Form     PT National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)  Guidelines/Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.     RO State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Romania) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines/Form     RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) has PCT-PPH agreements with:    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)   EP European Patent Office    This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       SA Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines / Form EP European Patent Office (EPO) Guidelines / Form   JP Japan Patent Office (JPO) Guidelines / Form SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Guidelines / Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Guidelines / Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.       SE Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) has PCT-PPH agreements with:  BR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Brazil) Guidelines /Form    CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines /Form This Office also has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office. Guidelines/Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines/Form     SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has PCT-PPH agreements with: BR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Brazil) Guidelines   CN China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Guidelines EP European Patent Office Guidelines This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. Guidelines     TR Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Turkpatent) has PCT-PPH agreements with:   ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Guidelines   JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines     US United States Patent and Trademark Office has PCT-PPH agreements with:   BR National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (Brazil) Form /FAQs This Office also has a PCT-PPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared by the Office.
This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.

This Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.

Form /FAQs
Form /Guidelines /FAQs
Form /Guidelines /FAQs This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.