The USPTO continues to expand its Patent Prosecution Highways to Canadian and Korean Patent Offices
Posted by: Meirav Shalem in USPTO, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada on Jan 30, 2008
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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