The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme by the Indian Patent Office (IPO).
The programme will initially commence between Japan Patent Office (JPO) and IPO, on pilot basis for a period of three years.
PPH programme would lead to benefits for IPO, including reduction in time to dispose patent applications and reduction in pendency of patent applications.
It will lead to improvement in quality of search and examination of patent applications.