Patent Prosecution Highway Program extends between USPTO and UKPTO

According to the USPTO, the Patent Prosecution Highway Program extends between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the UK Patent and Trademark Office (UKPTO).

This is an opportunity for applicants to expedite prosecution in the two jurisdictions when a patent application has been considered allowable in one of the two jurisdictions.

It is interesting to note that the Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PPH) involves now many jurisdictions , at pilot phase or permanent, including Canada (pilot phase), Japan (Permanent), Australia (pilot phase) and Korea (pilot phase).