USPTO's Lee Signs MOUs With Three Foreign Offices During WIPO Meetings
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Michelle Lee signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) while in Geneva for meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the PTO said in a news release Thursday. Lee signed separate MOUs with the European…
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Patent Office (EPO), the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL). Under one MOU, the USPTO and EPO will "help advance international adoption of the Cooperative Patent Classification system while improving collaboration between the two patent offices," the release said. The MOU between the USPTO and IPOS "will increase international prior art searches under the Patent Cooperation Treaty," while the memorandum between the USPTO and IPOPHIL will "expand existing collaboration between the two offices and strengthens cooperation by sharing best practices and undertaking joint activities to improve operations and harmonization of patent application processing," the PTO said.