Patent Prosecution Highway between USPTO and SIC

Since September 2013, by virtue of an agreement signed between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) within the framework of the Patent Prosecution Highway programme, an applicant having filed a patent application in the United States and in Colombia and having been granted by the USPTO, may request that the SIC takes into account the substantive examination carried out by the USPTO.

According to this, when the USPTO is the Office of First Filing (OFF) and the U.S. application contains claims that are determined to be allowable/patentable, the applicant may request accelerated examination at SIC for the corresponding application filed with SIC as the Office of Second Filing (OSF).

If you are interested in receiving more information about the requirements and the request form for this Patent Prosecution Highway programme, please contact us.

Source: http://www.sic.gov.co/