Canadian-European Patent Office (EPO) Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program Now Permanent
By Chris Chiavatti, Liz Gray, and Natalie Raffoul On January 6, 2021, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced that the PPH pilot program between the CIPO and the European Patent Office (EPO) will now be permanent. The CIPO-EPO PPH allows patent applicants to request accelerated examination in one patent office based on a corresponding …
