Taiwan-Canada PPH Mottainai program operates since February 1, 2018

　Taiwan and Canada inked the Memorandum of Understanding on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH Mottainai) on January 31, 2018 at the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei on January 31, 2018, and the MOU has come into force since February 1, 2018.  The Taiwan-Canada MOU forges another new chapter of Taiwan IPO’s PPH cooperation subsequent to that with the USA, Japan, Spain, Korea, and Poland. 

　The PPH cooperation between Taiwan IPO and Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will accelerate both sides’ examination process of invention patent applications and patent granting, so as to facilitate applicants’ patent layout for business and innovation.  Under the Taiwan-Canada PPH MOTTAINAI program, an applicant who files a patent application for the same invention in both countries and obtains positive examination results from either patent office will be eligible for requesting for examination of PPH program with the other patent office to seek accelerated patent examination.  The PPH program is formulated to provide more effective examination service.  (January 2018)
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