The China-Austria Patent Prosecution Highway Obtains a Five-Year Extension

Release Time：2026-03-05 08:59Author：Views：37

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Austrian Patent Office jointly announced that the pilot program of the China-Austria Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) has been officially extended starting from March 1, 2026, with a validity period until February 28, 2031. The relevant requirements and processing procedures for the two offices to accept PPH requests remain unchanged.

As an important mechanism for international patent examination cooperation, the PPH relies on the sharing of examination outcomes among patent offices worldwide and in various regions. It can effectively shorten the cycle of cross-border patent examination, improve the efficiency and certainty of obtaining patent rights overseas, and reduce the time and economic costs for global innovators in their cross-border patent layout.

The decision of China and Austria to extend the PPH is based on the continuous deepening of bilateral cooperation in economic, trade and scientific and technological fields. It will build a stable and efficient green channel for patent examination for innovators of both countries to carry out technological innovation and achievement protection in each other's markets, and further advance the in-depth development of bilateral technological exchanges and industrial cooperation.

For Austrian innovators laying out in the Chinese market, they can rely on the prior examination results of the Chinese patent office to greatly reduce repetitive examination procedures and secure patent protection for their innovative achievements more quickly. This will help Austrian enterprises timely seize development opportunities in the Chinese market, effectively lower their costs of intellectual property layout in China, and lay a solid foundation for their in-depth development in the Chinese market.

Source：https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2026/2/26/art_340_204786.html

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