Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) to be started soon between Korean IP Office and State IP Office of China

On 2 November 2011, Commissioner Lee Soo-won of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Commissioner TIAN Lipu of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People抯 Republic of China (SIPO) at the 17th Korea-China heads meeting held in Beijing to open a Korea-China Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) and Patent Cooperation Treaty - Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH) starting 1 March 2012. This program will be much helpful to any applicant who files both Korean patent application and Chinese patent application. AFD will add a special newsletter for detailed requirements when they are available.

http://english.sipo.gov.cn/news/official/201111/t20111116_631610.html

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