{"id":38207,"date":"2026-10-02T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pintas-ip.com\/?p=38207"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:17:44","slug":"how-do-aspec-and-the-china-indonesia-pph-help-accelerate-patent-examination-in-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pintas-ip.com\/cn\/how-do-aspec-and-the-china-indonesia-pph-help-accelerate-patent-examination-in-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"How do ASPEC+ and the China Indonesia PPH help accelerate patent examination in ASEAN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><strong>ASPEC+ AND CHINA &#8211; INDONESIA PPH: FASTER PATENT EXAMINATION IN ASEAN<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><strong><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patent applicants seeking protection across Southeast Asia now have more options to accelerate examination, following the launch of the&nbsp;ASPEC+ Programme&nbsp;and the&nbsp;CNIPA\u2013DGIP Patent Prosecution Highway (\u201c<strong>PPH<\/strong>\u201d)&nbsp;between China and Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>ASPEC+: Parallel Examination Across ASEAN<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><strong><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in April 2026,&nbsp;ASPEC+&nbsp;allows participating ASEAN IP offices to examine corresponding patent applications in parallel and exchange examination results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the traditional ASPEC programme, which generally works sequentially, ASPEC+ aims for participating offices to issue their respective&nbsp;first office actions within approximately 10 to 14 months, subject to completion of formalities and the complexity of the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify, the applications must generally:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>belong to the same patent family;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have identical or sufficiently corresponding claims;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be filed before the first office action is issued;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have the relevant substantive examination fees paid; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>include an ASPEC+ request form and claim correspondence table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is&nbsp;no additional official fee for the ASPEC+ request, although ordinary national examination fees remain payable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><strong>China &#8211; Indonesia PPH Now Available<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><strong><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From&nbsp;1 August 2026, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (\u201c<strong>CNIPA<\/strong>\u201d) and Indonesia&#8217;s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (\u201c<strong>DGIP<\/strong>\u201d) commenced a PPH pilot programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the programme, applicants may request accelerated examination in Indonesia where CNIPA has already found one or more corresponding Chinese claims to be&nbsp;patentable or allowable. Importantly, the Chinese patent does&nbsp;not need to be granted first. A favourable finding in a CNIPA office action may be sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indonesian claims must sufficiently correspond to the allowable Chinese claims, and the PPH request must generally be filed&nbsp;before DGIP begins substantive examination. Applicants may need to provide CNIPA office actions, allowable claims, cited references and a claim correspondence table. The programme also extends to certain&nbsp;PCT applications&nbsp;where CNIPA-issued international examination work products identify at least one claim as patentable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These programmes can help patent owners obtain earlier examination results, reduce duplicated prosecution work and improve consistency across regional patent portfolios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, timing is important. Applicants should consider ASPEC+ or PPH&nbsp;before substantive examination progresses too far, as eligibility may be lost once an office action has been issued or examination has commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With around&nbsp;20 years of experience in intellectual property protection across Southeast Asia,&nbsp;Pintas IP Groupassists businesses with patent filing and prosecution, PCT national-phase applications, ASPEC and PPH acceleration strategies, patent portfolio management and wider IP commercialisation matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining international insight with local experience across ASEAN jurisdictions, Pintas helps businesses develop practical and coordinated patent strategies for the region. 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