Patent Cooperation Treaty Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot Project Between the IP5 Offices
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO), referred to collectively as the IP5 Offices, will launch a pilot project on Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This will be the third such pilot. The USPTO, the EPO, and the KIPO conducted two previous pilots in 2010 and in 2011-2012. The third pilot is needed to further develop and test the concept amongst all the IP5 Offices. In particular, this IP5 pilot project aims at assessing user interest for a CS&E product and the expected efficiency gains for the IP5 Offices.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/27/2018-13800/patent-cooperation-treaty-collaborative-search-and-examination-pilot-project-between-the-ip5-offices (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2018-06-27
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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