Following on from our previous article on the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program between IP VIETNAM and KIPO (http://iphouse.vn/notes-for-kipo-ip-vietnam-patent-prosecution-highway-pph-program-users/), this piece serves to further provide recent update of the program.
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP VIETNAM) and Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) have mutually agreed to further extend the PPH Pilot Program to 2023 (phase II). The pilot program will come in effect for 2-year period commencing on June 1st, 2022 to May 31, 2023.
Similar to the successful PPH pilot program (phase I) commenced on June 1, 2019 and ended on May 31, 2021, during the implementation of phase II, the volume of requests per year will not exceed one hundred (100) from each Office, meaning that IP VIETNAM (and vice versa) shall receive maxium of 100 PPH requests annually for KIPO-originated patent applications (previously filed with KIPO) and meets the requirements set forth in the Guideline on Procedures to file a request to IP VIETNAM for Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between IP VIETNAM and KIPO.
PPH Form to file a request to IP VIETNAM
In short, only the extention of PPH implementation has been recorded, the procedures and other requirements for filing the request are expected to remain unchanged.
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For further information on the program or any legal IP matters in Vietnam, please contact us at:
Dao Danh Phuoc (Mr.)
Head of Patent and Design Department – IPHOUSE & ASSOCIATES
Phone: (+84)967742458 (direct)
Email: daodanhphuoc@iphouse.vn
Website: http://iphouse.vn/