Posted by: Zeev Fisher in USPTO, US, JPO, Japan on
Oct 04, 2008
USPTO PRESS RELEASE:
Washington, D.C. -On September 24, 2008, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas met with Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) Takashi Suzuki in Geneva, Switzerland. They discussed how the USPTO and the JPO can further promote the existing close relationship between the two offices. They agreed that the expeditious protection of intellectual property rights including patents is critical to fostering technological innovation and accelerating economic development. At the conclusion of their meeting, Commissioner Suzuki and Under Secretary Dudas signed a statement focusing on enhanced mutual cooperation.
The JPO and the USPTO have already been cooperating closely to
The USPTO continues to expand its infrastructure of Prosecution Highways with foreign countries allowing shorter pending and more efficiency in examination and other prosecution procedures when patent applications are filed and granted in countries that are linked by the Prosecution Highway. Up to current day the USPTO has signed Prosecution Highway agreements with the UK, Japan and the newly joined Canada and Korea.
Currently, the Israeli Patent Office does not have a Prosecution Highway agreement with the US but Chapter 17c of the Israeli Patent Law allows automatic acceptance of patent applications that are accepted and granted in predefined countries – one of which is the US.
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