Thursday, November 16 2023   \  Published by ASEAN IP Portal.

Three-Year Extension of the PCT-ASPEC Pilot Programme till 26 August 2025

Three-Year Extension of the PCT-ASPEC Pilot Programme till 26 August 2025

ASEAN is pleased to announce that the PCT-ASPEC pilot programme will be extended for three years until 26 August 2025. The cap of 100 applications per year and other criteria remain.

Introduced in 2019, the Patent Cooperation Treaty-ASEAN Patent Examination Cooperation (PCT-ASPEC) allows patent applicants to use a PCT report established by an ASEAN International Searching Authority or Preliminary Examining Authority (ISA/IPEA) [1] to accelerate patent protection in nine participating AMS IP Offices [2].

ASEAN is pleased to announce that the PCT-ASPEC pilot programme will be extended for three years until 26 August 2025. The cap of 100 applications per year and other criteria remain. Read more

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