International Protection
Providing information on patent programs and agreements dedicated to improving work-sharing and international cooperation among various worldwide Intellectual Property Offices.
- Patent Cooperation Treaty - International patent application filing system
- Patent Prosecution Highway - Fast track examination of corresponding applications filed in USPTO and various Intellectual Property Offices around the world
- Common Application Format - Simplified and streamlined patent application filing requirements for EPO, JPO and USPTO
- Common Citation Document - A patent information product developed by the USPTO, the EPO, and the JPO to provide online access to a single repository of prior art cited by all participating offices for members of a patent family.
- New Route - Work-sharing pilot between the USPTO and JPO
- Triway - Search sharing pilot between EPO, JPO, and USPTO
- SHARE - Work-sharing pilot between the USPTO and KIPO
