GLOBAL PPH REQUEST FORM 

Request for Accelerated PPH Examination at the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) under the Global PPH Pilot Program 

1. HU application number: ____________________________________ 

Corresponding Office of Earlier Examination (OEE)/PCT application/publication 
number:______________________________________________ 

2. Work product/Office action attached: 
Copy of translated OEE work product/office action* attached                			o  
* Specify the type of the work product (WO-ISA or IPER) _____________________________ 
or 
OEE work product/office action available via Dossier Access System* 			o 
* Specify Dossier Access System _____________________________ 
or 
OEE work product(s)/office actions on file from previous PPH application		 o 
Provide HU application number: ________________________ 

3. Claims attached: 
Translated copy of claims found to be allowable by the OEE				 o 
or 
Translated claims available via Dossier Access System* 				 o 
* Specify Dossier Access System _____________________________ 

4. Claim correspondence table attached						 o 
5. Copy of non-patent literature or patent citations attached				 o 
(Please note that whilst this is not a requirement at this stage, examination of your application may be delayed if the examiner has need to request such documents from you at a later stage) 

6. Further requirements
 
Request for substantive examination filed and the national fee paid previously  			o
or
Request for substantive examination is made along with the GPPH request*			o
*Please note that the request for substantive examination is fee based and the national fee
must have been paid at latest by the date of the GPPH request.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THIS FORM IS THE UPPERMOST DOCUMENT WHEN REQUESTING PPH

How to complete the GLOBAL PPH REQUEST FORM and file a PPH request 

Tick the relevant boxes under each of the items in the request form and provide other relevant information. As minimum items 1 to 4 and 6 in the form must be completed in order for the HIPO to grant the request for accelerated PPH processing: 

Item 1 – Application numbers 

Both the HU application number (PYYNNNNN) and the Office of Earlier Filing (OEE) application (being the basis for requesting PPH) or publication number must be filled in. Note, the applications before the Office of Earlier Examination (OEE) and the HIPO application must have the same earliest date (which may be the priority date or the filing date). 

Item 2 – Work product/Office action 

A copy of the latest work product (see Annex F of the Framework Conditions for the Global PPH system (http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/globalpph.htm) stating which claims have been assessed allowable by the OEE is required. A work product is a written statement from an OEE which is relevant to the allowability of the claims of the corresponding OEE application. A working product can be e.g. an Office Action from a national office, or a PCT Written Opinion or a PCT Preliminary Examination Report from an International Authority. If work product is either a PCT Written Opinion or a PCT Preliminary Examination Report, please spcify.
If work product is available via Dossier Access system, please specify (see http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/filewrapper.htm).

Item 3 – Claims 

Machine translation of claims allowed by the OEE is accepted and must be furnished in English or Hungarian. Please note, that the examiner may require manual translation if the machine translation is deemed to be of insufficient quality. 

Item 4 – Claim correspondence table 

A HU application for which an acceleration is requested in the Global PPH pilot program must fulfil the eligibility requirements as listed in Annex B of the Framework Conditions for the Global PPH system (http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/globalpph.htm) including the requirement that all claims on file before the HIPO, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the OEE. 
In this regard claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the HIPO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the OEE, or the claims in the OLE are narrower in scope than the claims in the OEE. 

Therefore a claim correspondence table must be attached that shows the relationship between the claims of the HU application and those of the OEE that were considered allowable (see Claim correspondence table). 

Item 5 – Copy of non-patent literature or patent citations 

Furnishing of non-patent literature is not a requirement when requesting PPH. However, non-patent literature may be difficult to obtain for the HIPO. We therefore advice that you provide this when requesting PPH to avoid that the examiner has need to request such documents from you at a later stage. 
Usually it will not be necessary to furnish patent citations or translations of these as the HIPO has access to most patent citations via regular databases or search files. However, if not available to the HIPO, the HIPO may require copies of patent citations raised against the OEE application. Further, the HIPO may require translation of foreign language citations if deemed necessary by the examiner. 

Item 6 – Further requirements

A request for substantive examination must have been made and the corresponding national fee must have been paid concerning the HU application in the HIPO at latest by the date of the PPH request.

Other information 

A PPH request can be made provided that the final decision on granting the HU application for which the acceleration within the framework of PPH is requested has not been issued by the date of the request.

If the PPH request is found to be deficient, the HIPO will inform the applicant. The application will not lose its PPH status if more than one opportunity to correct deficiencies is needed however, no further opportunities will be given to the applicant to correct the same defect in future corrections. 

A request for PPH processing is free of charge at the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office. 
Patent applications subject to a secrecy order (War material) are excluded and not subject to PPH processing at the HIPO. 

Where to file the request for PPH at the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office 

A request for accelerated PPH processing at the HIPO must contain the required documentation and be sent to either

gpph@hipo.gov.hu

or by regular postal service to:

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
1374 Budapest, P.O.B. 552.