Cabinet approves the Patent Prosecution Highway programme
Cabinet has approved the proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme. It will commence between Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Indian Patent Office (IPO) on pilot basis for a period of three years and may receive patent applications in certain specified technical fields like Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Civil, Mechanical, Textiles, Automobiles and Metallurgy while JPO may receive applications in all fields of technology.
