Getting your IP rights faster

Rospatent and the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) both offer a number of accelerated prosecution options including Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH), PPH/Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT-PPH), accelerated search and prosecution. Unfortunately, there is no single source of information available online to track these options, while the information is mostly available in Russian only. The aim of this article is to provide a summary of accelerated prosecution options currently available at both offices, while giving some insight on the prosecution timeline based on Patentica’s recent practice.