NIPO joins the Patent Prosecution Highway
15.12.2011
On 1st November 2011 the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programme between the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) commenced. This also marked the introduction of the NIPO to the global network of PPH initiatives already connecting several of the major patent offices of the world, including the so-called “Big Five” (the US, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and European patent offices). (On 1st December 2011 a similar PPH programme between the NIPO and the Japan Patent Office entered into force.)
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