Day: January 24, 2022

Joint Statement by USPTO and JPO on efforts to further improve the Patent Prosecution Highway

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) intend to further improve their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs. More specifically, to ensure that the original goals of the PPH are achieved, both Offices set the targets for the extent to which examination is accelerated under the program, i.e. time …

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New EPO Data Protection Rules entered into force on January 1, 2022

Six months after the adoption of an updated data protection framework by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization (EPO) on June 30, 2021, the new EPO Data Protection Rules (DPR) have entered into force on January 1, 2022. Bringing the EPO into line with the principles and key requirements of international best practices in …

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