The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) intend to further improve their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs. More specifically, to ensure that the original goals of the PPH are achieved, both Offices set the targets for the extent to which examination is accelerated under the program, i.e. time taken to issue an office action under the PPH after the examiner can start examination upon a PPH request or the applicant’s response to an office action.
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