May 28, 2009
A New Information Superhighway
The Patent Prosecution Highway, a pilot program between the U.S. and Japan, was created to speed up prosecutions for international filings, writes Jennifer R. Bush.
Jennifer R. Bush
Associate, Fenwick & West LLP
Email: jbush@fenwick.com
Jennifer's practice focuses primarily on PTAB trials and patent litigation.
Upon its inception in July 2006, the Patent Prosecution Highway was a one-year pilot cooperative agreement between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office that did not hold much real promise for expediting prosecution for U.S.-based patent applicants. Under this early version of the prosecution highway, an applicant with at least one allowed claim in the office of first filing could use a simplified procedure to expedi...
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