United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office Collaborative Search Pilot Program
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is initiating a joint Work Sharing Pilot Program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to study whether the exchange of search results between offices for corresponding counterpart applications improves patent quality and facilitates the examination of patent applications in both offices. In the pilot program, each office will conduct a prior art search for its corresponding counterpart application and exchange the search results with the other office before either office issues a communication concerning patentability to the applicant. As a result of this exchange of search results, the examiners in both offices may have a more comprehensive set of references before them when making their initial patentability determinations. Each office will accord special status to its counterpart application to first action. First Action Interview (FAI) pilot program procedures will be applied during the examination of the U.S. application and make the search results of record in the form of a Pre-Interview Communication.
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/10/2015-16846/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-and-japan-patent-office-collaborative-search-pilot-program (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2015-07-10
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原データ更新日：2026-10-06
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