JAPAN - VIETNAM
October 17, 2016
A bilateral agreement has been signed between National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) and Japan (PPH - Patent Prosecution Highway).
The trial period of this agreement started from April 1st, 2016 and the pilot program will be implemented at the end of March 31st, 2019. Under this agreement, both national offices are encouraged to work together and enable patent applicants to request accelerated processing of patent applications in the national phase.