– the European Patent Office (EPO)
– the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
– the Patent Office of the Russian Federation (Rospatent)
– the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) or
– the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The request for fast-track examination, together with a Russian translation of the WO or IPRP II, has to be filed before the first Office Action is issued. An additional requirement is that the application must contain no more than 2 independent claims, unless it relates to inventions in the field of chemistry or pharmaceuticals, and no more than 20 claims in total. If the requirements are met, the first Office Action will be issued within three months of the date the request for fast-track examination has been accepted. There are no official fees for participation in the PCT-PPH program.
The pilot PCT-PPH program will be in force for a period of one year. Currently, the Eurasian Patent Office also has an ongoing PPH program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO).
In addition to the pilot PCT-PPH program, the Eurasian Patent Office currently provides accelerated formal and substantive examination as well as accelerated publication and issuance of a patent. The details and additional official fees are indicated in the table below.
| Procedure | Additional fee, RUB |
| Carrying out formal examination within 5 days | 20 000 |
| Carrying out formal examination within 10 days | 10 000 |
| Carrying out substantive examination and issuance of the first Office Action within 3 months | 60 000 |
| Publication and issuance of a patent within 3 months | 20 000 |
For more information regarding the fast-track examination in Eurasia, please contact us.
The IP rights environment has become very internationally-focused lately. IP owners have many opportunities to protect their IP rights globally, but enforcement of IP rights is still mainly based on national requirements and processes with country specifics and peculiarities. This is also the case in Russia.
European patent attorney Matti Ylitalo (M.Sc. (Tech.)) has been appointed patent attorney at Papula-Nevinpat on 2 May 2018. Matti has wide expertise as a patent attorney, specializing in various technical fields, such as mechanics, engineering materials, electronics, medical engineering, as well as power plant, automation and antenna technology.
As from now on it should be possible to make only one customs application instead of 5. This brings financial benefits to intellectual property owners.
The trust that the entire patent system enjoys is dependent on how fair do the companies see the way patents benefit their owners. The lighting industry should now keep the business hot while maintaining a cool head, especially when it comes to IP.
