IP5 is a forum of the five largest

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...

offices in the world. The five patent offices are the

US Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...

(USPTO), the

European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation

(EPO), the

Japan Patent Office The is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The Japan Patent Office is located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo and is one of the world's largest pa ...

(JPO), the

Korean Intellectual Property Office The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO; ) is the patent office and intellectual property office of South Korea. In 2000, the name of the office was changed from "Korean Industrial Property Office" to "Korean Intellectual Property Office". I ...

(KIPO), and the

National Intellectual Property Administration The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA; ) is the patent and trademark office and primary intellectual property regulator of the People's Republic of China. Naming The agency was founded in 1980 as the Patent Office o ...

(CNIPA formerly SIPO) in China. On 6 January 2014, the IP5 members started IP5 PPH

Patent Prosecution Highway The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work previo ...

pilot program, which has been extended several times since (the most recent agreed extension ends in 2023). The IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program shares the patent examination reports (such as Written Opinions and International Preliminary Examinations of the

Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...

as well as national stage examinations) between the five offices. If one of the offices allows a claim, the other offices may allow it as well without additional examination on the basis of the prior examination only. In 2015, the IP5 patent offices together granted about one million patents.

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IP5 website
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