CABINET CHAILLOT

New PPH agreement between INPI and CIPO

CIPO joins USPTO and JPTO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement

As from 01/02/2022, PPH agreement will apply between INPI (French patent office) and CIPO (Canadian patent office).

Applicants of a French patent application accepted by INPI will be able to request acceleration of proceedings of a corresponding Canadian patent application, and reciprocally, applicants of a Canadian patent application accepted by CIPO will be able to request acceleration of proceedings of a corresponding French patent application.

This is the 3rd PPH agreement signed by INPI in 2021

See press release here (only in French)

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