Under PPH, participating patent offices have agreed that when an applicant receives a final ruling from a first patent office that at least one claim is allowed, the applicant may request fast track examination of corresponding claim(s) in a corresponding patent application that is pending in a second patent office. PPH leverages fast-track examination procedures already in place among participating patent offices to allow applicants to reach final disposition of a patent application more quickly and efficiently than standard examination processing.

This section will be tested on the exam. On the day of the exam, you will have access to a PDF file covering it since it is not yet incorporated into the MPEP. You may find a link to that PDF file above in the summary. You can expect to see 2 or more questions on this material on your exam.