Where the EPO is the ISA and the international application contains claims that are determined to be patentable/allowable by the EPO as ISA, the applicant may under the PPH pilot programme request accelerated examination at the EPO's PPH partner offices when the application has entered the national phase before these offices. The procedures and requirements for filing a request with the EPO's PPH partner offices are available from their respective websites.[OJ EPO 2016, A44; OJ EPO 2017, A107; OJ EPO 2017, A108; OJ EPO 2017, A110; OJ EPO 2019, A58; OJ EPO 2019, A78; OJ EPO 2019, A106; OJ EPO 2019, A107; OJ EPO 2020, A11; OJ EPO 2020, A21; OJ EPO 2020, A82; OJ EPO 2020, A83; OJ EPO 2020, A114; ]
Irrespective of the PPH pilot programme, any applicant may request accelerated examination under the PACE programme in the procedure before the EPO as designated Office at any time. See GL/EPO E‑VIII, 4.2.[OJ EPO 2015, A93; ]
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelinespct/e/e_iii_2.htm
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XOJ EPO 2020, A114 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Eurasian Patent Office based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2020, A83 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2020, A82 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2020, A21 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2020, A11 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A107 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A106 - Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the IP5 Offices based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A78 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2019, A58 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and IP Australia based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A110 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore based on PCT and national work products
XOJ EPO 2017, A108 - Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme between the European Patent Office and the Israel Patent Office based on PCT and national work products