Patent Prosecution Highway
If your patent claim has been allowed by an intellectual property office in a participating country, you may request an accelerated examination at no extra cost for a corresponding patent in another country.
Participating countries are:
- Canada
- United States
- Japan
- Korea
- China
- Denmark
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Finland
- Spain
- Israel
The pilot agreements with:
- The United Kingdom will end January 30, 2014
- Germany, Finland and Spain will end September 30, 2014
- Israel will end October 31, 2014
- China will end August 31, 2015
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