By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, USA
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has modified its forms for requesting participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme. The USPTO’s PPH request forms have been modified to include an express request to begin national stage processing and a reminder that specify requirements must be met for such a request to be effective.
The PPH programme enables applicants who receive positive rulings on patent claims from one office to request accelerated prosecution of corresponding claims in another office. This allows applicants to obtain faster patentability decisions in the second office.
Updated forms and more information about the PPH programme are available on the USPTO’s PPH webpage.
