Updates on the PPH Operations in China

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) announced the launch of new Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) with the patent offices of Austria and Mexico, effective on March 1, 2013.

Also, the PPH program between the SIPO and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has been extended for another year, till February 28, 2014. Furthermore, in regard to PCT-PPH operation between the SIPO and the KIPO, the patent office(s) will obtain the allowable claims (exclude its translation) via http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/index.jsp, and will not ask the applicant to file such claims along with the PPH request.

(Source: SIPO)