On 23 February 2016, the Trilateral Offices (EPO, JPO, USPTO) met with Trilateral Industry for an exchange on topics of mutual interest. The meeting was hosted by the USPTO in Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America. The focus of discussions was on patent harmonisation topics as well as next steps in the IP5 Global Dossier initiative.
The topics and presentations included:
Substantive patent law harmonisation
- B+ Workstream Chair's update: Grace Period (presented by the EPO)
- B+ Workstream Chair's update: Prior User Rights (presented by the JPO)
- B+ Workstream Chair's update: Conflicting Applications (presented by the USPTO)
- Summary of Industry Trilateral Discussions on Substantive Patent Harmonization
IP5 procedural patent law harmonisation
- Unity of invention (presented by JIPA)
- Citation of Prior Art (presented by the USPTO)
- Sufficiency of Disclosure/ Description Requirements (presented by the JPO)
IP5 Global Dossier initiative
- Feedback from 3rd IP5 Global Dossier Task Force meeting (presented by AIPLA/IPO)