PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Between USPTO and Rospatent (Pilot)
The PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway in Conjunction With the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks (Rospatent)
Under the PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway, an applicant receiving a written opinion or an international preliminary examination report from either the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks (Rospatent) or the USPTO that at least one claim in a PCT application has novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability may request that the other office fast track the examination of corresponding claims in corresponding applications. The PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway will leverage fast-track patent examination procedures already available in both offices to allow applicants in both countries to obtain corresponding patents faster and more efficiently.
As of May 25, 2010, the USPTO has eliminated the fee for the petition to make special under the PPH programs.
The trial period, which started 01 October 2010 and was originally set to expire 30 September 2011, has been extended in order to collect more information before any formal decision on the program is made.
View the USPTO Press Release announcing the pilot program.
View the Rospatent Press Release (in Russian) announcing the pilot program.
Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to USPTO
Fillable Form SB/20PCT-RU (PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Request Form) [PDF]
PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to Rospatent
How to make a request [COMING SOON]
