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USPTO Expands and Extends Patent Prosecution Highway

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

By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programs had been established with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), the Austrian Patent Office (APO), and the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT). The PPH pilot program with ROSPATENT, which began on September 1, had initially been announced by the USPTO in August (see "USPTO Continues to Expand Patent Prosecution Highway"). In announcing the new pilot programs, the Office reiterated that the programs allow the participating Offices to benefit from work previously done by other...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on October 06, 2010 (boomark / email).