Objectives

link to content
trilateral logo

The Website of the Trilateral Co-operation

Objectives

European Patent Office
Japanese Patent Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Trilateral cooperation page at JPO (Japanese)

This long lasting co-operation is aimed at

  • Improving the quality of examination processes and reducing the processing time of patent applications.
  • Improving the quality of incoming applications
  • Developing common infrastructure and compatible data for electronic business systems and search tools
  • solving common problems related to the protection of industrial property rights;
  • harmonizing practices of the three Offices
  • promoting the dissemination of the technical information contained in patents;
  • deepening awareness of the benefits of the patent system; and
  • exploiting the full potential of work performed by the other Trilateral Offices in search, examination, documentation and electronic tools.

Last modified: December 14 2007 16:14:03.

totop