USPTO Publishes Federal Register Notice Regarding Termination of Global Patent Prosecution Highway with Rospatent

On March 10, the USPTO announced it will no longer grant requests to participate in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) when such requests are based on work performed by Rospatent as an Office of Earlier Examination under the GPPH. The USPTO has published a Federal Register Notice formalizing this announcement.  

The full text of the notice is available in the Federal Register and on the Patent Related Notices webpage. Please see the USPTO’s Patent Prosecution Highway webpage for more information.