SINGAPORE
April 17, 2015
The EPO and the IPO of Singapore signed an agreement to set forth a pilot program enabling an applicant whose claims have been determined to be patentable to have a corresponding application filed with a PPH partner office processed in an accelerated manner.
A PPH request can be based either on the latest PCT work product (WO-ISA or IPER) or on the national work product established during the processing of a national application or a PCT application that has entered the national phase before the EPO or IPOS, where this work product determines one or more claims to be patentable. The PPH pilot program commenced on 6 January 2015 and will end on 5 January 2018.