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USPTO News: Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between U.S. and Danish Patent Offices

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

By Christopher P. Singer -- In a memorandum dated October 20, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will expand the patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program to include the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO). The PPH program becomes effective on November 3, 2008 for a term of one year, and is extendable for another year. The DKPTO becomes the seventh patent office to become a participant with the USPTO in a PPH program (along with Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, Korea and the U.K.). As with the other PPH programs, the PPH pilot program between the...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).