The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines is one of the top performing international patent authorities in terms of completion and transmittal of international search report to the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2021.
Based on WIPO’s 2020 global data, the review said the Philippines, through IPOPHL, which operates as an international searching authority and international preliminary examining authority for the PCT, completed and transmitted 100 percent of ISRs requested at its office and achieve 100 percent compliance in the timeliness of transmittal within the prescribed deadline of nine months from priority date.
“Only in our second year as an ISA/IPEA, we take pride in our efficient international authority operations, and we continue to be inspired in providing timely and quality patent services at par with advanced economies to facilitate the entry of Filipino innovations to the global market,” said IPOPHL director-general Rowel Barba.