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USPTO News: USPTO and UKIPO Extend Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), which was initiated on September 4, 2007, would be extended until further notice. The USPTO and UKIPO will continue to periodically monitor the program to determine whether it should be fully implemented at a later date. Under the extension, the USPTO and UKIPO will continue to accept applications for participation in the PPH, which permits an applicant having an application whose claims have been allowed by one office to fast track...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).