New PPH agreement between INPI and Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA)

18.04.2023

Chinese patent office follows JPTO, USPTO, CIPO, INPI (Brazil) and KIPO with which INPI already has a PPH agreement



As from 01/06/2023, PPH agreement will apply between INPI (French patent office) and CNIPA (Chinese patent office).

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

This is the 6th PPH agreement signed by INPI.

See press release here (only in French)