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Collaborative Search and Examination

Examiners from different patent offices with complementary skills may work together on the corresponding patent applications filed with those patent offices.

  • PCT Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot Project. With the aim of establishing a high quality international search report and written opinion, examiners from different International Authorities with complementary skills work together on one PCT application.
  • USPTO - JPO Collaborative Search Pilot Program. Under this program, the USPTO and JPO exchange search and evaluation results identifying the best prior art and provide a work product that incorporates the efforts of the two Offices.
  • USPTO – KIPO Collaborative Search Pilot Program. Under this program, the KIPO and the USPTO will conduct two independent searches and provide both work products to the applicant for consideration.
  • Rospatent signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Data Exchange with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in 2016 and 2018, respectively.  At the moment, Rospatent and KIPO are working on launching the Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP), which will allow them to share the information on prior art during the substantive examination and expedite the examination process.  In addition, Rospatent and Japan Patent Office (JPO) signed the Policy on the use of Exchanged Electronic Intellectual Property Information Data, and regularly organize an examiners’ exchange program, devoted to the discussion on patent examination in certain technical fields.
  • Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) - Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IPVN) Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot Programme. The pilot programme provides innovators with enhanced prior art search and examination results based on the combined expertise from both IP offices and is designed to speed up the patent search and examination process for innovators interested to obtain patent protection in both countries.
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