VIETNAM - JAPAN
May 17, 2016
Vietnam launched on April 1st a PPH pilot program with the Japan Patent Office applicable to Vietnamese patent applications (i) claiming priority to a Japanese application under the Paris Convention, (ii) PCT national stage entries in Vietnam of applications filed with the Japanese Patent Office without priority, as well as (iii) applications as indicated in (ii) which claim priority from a PCT application.
There may be other applications which may be eligible although requests will not be accepted if the Vietnamese Office has already started examination. The program is intended to be applicable for a period of three years.