EPO: from January the “Patent Prosecution Highway” will come into effect in Mexico, Canada and Singapore
EPO's latest undertaking is the PPH which will start from January in Mexico, Canada and Singapore 21 October 2014EPO's activities continue without end. Recently, in Geneva, on the fringe of the WIPO General Assembly, bilateral agreements were signed between EPO and the representatives of the respective Patent Offices of Mexico, Canada and Singapore.
The results of these agreements consist of a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) which, starting from January 2015, will allow the Patent Offices in question to institute accelerated procedures for the reciprocal recognition of patents.
