The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced its participation in a pilot program to test an enhanced framework for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). The pilot, which will also include the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), IPAustralia, National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR), Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent), Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), builds on the success of the current PPH by modifying certain requirements to make the PPH easier to use and more widely available to a greater number of applicants.