USPTO and IMPI launch a new agreement called “Parallel Patent Grant (PPG)”
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI) recently announced the implementation of a new procedure of obtaining patents in Mexico, called “Parallel Patent Grant (PPG)”, which aims to facilitate the faster granting of patents in the country in those cases where the applicant holds at the same time a U.S. patent that corresponds to the Mexican application.
This initiative will result in the USPTO and IMPI implementing a system that will allow IMPI to use the search and examination results carried out by the USPTO when granting the equivalent patent in Mexico. read more