On 1 June 2016, the IP5 Heads of Office met with IP5 Industry in Tokyo, Japan.
Topics and presentations included:
Updates from the IP5 Offices
- JPO's status report (presented by the JPO)
- Update from the EPO: focus on quality and efficiency (presented by the EPO)
- Recent developments at KIPO (presented by KIPO)
- Recent updates from SIPO (presented by SIPO)
Presentations of the IP5 Industry Associations
- Presentation of PPAC (presented by PPAC)
- Introduction - American Intellectual Property Law Association (presented by AIPLA)
- Introduction - BUSINESSEUROPE (presented by BUSINESSEUROPE)
- Introduction - Intellectual Property Owners Association (presented by IPO)
- Introduction - Korea Intellectual Property Association (presented by KINPA)
Global Dossier
- Three implemented achievements of GD Passive Components (presented by the JPO)
- Alerting (presented by the EPO)
- XML document provision (presented by the JPO)
- Applicant name standardization (presented by KIPO)
- Legal status (presented by SIPO)
- Active component - proof-of-concept: inter-office document sharing (presented by the USPTO)
- JIPA input on Global Dossier (presented by JIPA)
- View on "Alerting" from PDG European industry members (presented by the PDG for BUSINESSEUROPE)
- Proof of Concept for the Global Dossier Active Component (presented by AIPLA)
Work-sharing and quality
- CEPRQM - procedure rules guidance (presented by SIPO)
- The common PPH request form (presented by SIPO)
- Next steps of IP5 PPH (presented by the JPO)
- US-JP Collaborative Search Pilot Program (presented by the JPO)
- Collaborative Search Pilot Program between KIPO and the USPTO (presented by KIPO)
- Collaborative Search & Examination - third pilot (presented by the EPO)
- IP5 Work Sharing - CSP User Experience (presented by KINPA)
- PCT Collaborative Search & Examination (presented by BUSINESSEUROPE)
PHEP
- Procedural patent harmonisation: unity of invention report (presented by the EPO)
- Citation of prior art - progress and next steps (presented by KIPO)
- Citation of prior art (presented by the USPTO)
- Description requirements/sufficiency of disclosure (presented by the JPO)
- Unity of invention (presented by BUSINESSEUROPE)
- Unity of invention - PHEP projects (presented by PPAC)
- PHEP: unity of invention (presented by JIPA)
- Citation of prior art (presented by KINPA)
- PHEP: description requirement (presented by JIPA)
The IP5 website (presented by the EPO)
Future of IP5 Cooperation (presented by the JPO)
The IP5 Heads of Office renewed their commitment to provide a better service for users and the public.