PCT-PPH Request Form

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Request for accelerated examination at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty - Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH) agreement.

Important notice

To ensure efficient processing of your application, please prominently mark every part of your submission with the term PCT-PPH.

CIPO application information

The CIPO application number: ___________________________

Corresponding PCT application information

Corresponding PCT application number: ___________________________

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    The PCT application was examined by CIPO as ISA/IPEA; or
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    The PCT application was examined by the USPTO as ISA/IPEA

Has a PPH request previously been submitted for this application?

  •     Yes
  •     No

Claims on file and Claim Correspondence Table

Please choose the following options:

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    The claims on file correspond to one or more claims indicated as novel, inventive, and industrially applicable in the WO-ISA, WO-IPEA, and/or IPRP; or
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    The applicant is amending the claims with this request to correspond with one or more of those claims indicated as novel, inventive, and industrially applicable in the WO-ISA, WO-IPEA, and/or IPRP, and
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    A claim correspondence table is completed.

Box VIII Observations

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    In case any observation is described in Box VIII of the WO-ISA, WO-IPEA, and/or IPRP that forms the basis of the PCT-PPH request, the applicant has attached an explanation of why the claims are not subject to the observation described in Box VIII, or
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    There are no observations in Box VIII of the WO-ISA, WO-IPEA, and/or IPRP that forms the basis of the PCT-PPH request.

Other amendments to the application (optional)

Either:

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    The applicant has reviewed the application, and the specification on file conforms with Canadian patent application requirements and practice; or
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    The applicant is amending the specification to conform with Canadian patent application requirements and practice.