1. EPO PPH status report
February 2016

2. The EPO PPH pilot programmes
New PPH partners
CIPO (Canada)
OJ EPO 2015, A5
ILPO (Israel)
OJ EPO 2015, A6
IMPI (Mexico)
OJ EPO 2015, A7
IPOS (Singapore)
OJ EPO 2015, A8
IP AU (Australia)
SIC (Colombia)
not yet implemented
Comprehensive IP5 PPH
including PCT and
national work products
integration of pilot programmes with the JPO, USPTO and Trilateral PCT PPH
aligned to the GPPH
Launch: 6 January 2014
OJ EPO 2014, A8
Launch date 6 January 2015
Launch date tbc
New EPO form 1009
Common PPH request form
OJ EPO 2015, A4
Candidate PPH offices
INPI (Brazil)

3. Status of IP5 PPH pilot programme: 1 January 2016
Patent Office
Work product
Launch date
Number of requests
JPO
PCT work products
national work products
29 January 2010
1301
2549
KIPO
6 January 2014 94 85
SIPO
227 82
USPTO
28 September 2008
258
2240
Total IP5 PPH
6836

4. Status of bilateral PPH pilot programmes: 1 January 2016
Patent Office
Work product
Launch date
Number of requests
CIPO (Canada)
PCT work products
national work products
6 January 2015 29 11
ILPO (Israel) 20 7
IMPI (Mexico) 1
IPOS (Singapore) 4
Total (cumulative)
6908

5. Distribution of PPH requests by WIPO IPC tech sector