Patent Prosecution Highway Between the USPTO and the MyIPO (Pilot)

Under this pilot program of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), an applicant who receives a positive ruling on a patent claim(s) from either the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) or the USPTO may request accelerated prosecution of corresponding claim(s) in the other office. The PPH allows the applicant to obtain a patentability decision in the office of later examination (OLE) more quickly. Furthermore, the PPH promotes patent application processing efficiency by allowing the examiner in the OLE to reuse the search and examination results from the office of earlier examination, thereby reducing workload and duplication of effort.

As of May 25, 2010, the USPTO has eliminated the fee for the petition to make special under the PPH programs.

The trial period for the current PPH pilot program between the USPTO and the MyIPO commenced on March 2, 2023, and is scheduled to terminate on March 1, 2026. PPH requests based on MyIPO work product made on or before March 1, 2026, will be treated as timely unless a notice of termination is published earlier.

Memorandum of Understanding

Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to USPTO

Fillable Form SB/20MY (Patent Prosecution Highway Request Form) [PDF]

Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia

Patent Prosecution Highway Requests to the MyIPO

Information on making a request at the MyIPO

Inquiries

For any inquiries regarding filing a PPH request to the USPTO, please contact the Office of Petitions at PPHfeedback@uspto.gov.

For any inquiries regarding filing a PPH request to the MyIPO, please contact Paolo Trevisan at paolo.trevisan@uspto.gov.