Expedited examination
Patent Prosecution Highway

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) allows you to speed up the examination of your patent application. It can be used if your patent application has a corresponding patent application that is already deemed to be allowable by one of our PPH partners. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has PPH partnerships with 25 intellectual property (IP) offices through a global PPH (GPPH) pilot program and with 5 IP offices through bilateral PPH pilot programs.

Services and information

Submit a request

Request accelerated examination at CIPO using the PPH.

Common policy

Background information about the PPH and policies for participating offices to follow.

PPH Portal

Information about the PPH, GPPH, procedures and statistics.

Frequently asked questions

Information about requirements and procedures for filing a PPH request.

CIPO begins PPH agreement with Brazil Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial

Learn more about the CIPO-INPI pilot agreement that came into force on .

CIPO ends GPPH partnership with Russia

This decision is effective as of .

CIPO begins PPH agreement with the French National Institute of Industrial Property

Learn more about the CIPO-INPI pilot agreement that came into force on February 1, 2022.