IPA patent annex-a-list-of-offices-of-earlier-examination — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – Annex A List of Offices of Earlier Examination

Offices of Earlier Examination International Authority Austrian Patent Office (APO) Yes Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI-BR) ( as of 6 July 2024) Yes Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Yes Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) No Estonian Patent Office (EPA) No Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Yes German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) No Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) No Icelandic Patent Office (IPO) No Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) No Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) Yes Israel Patent Office (ILPO) Yes Japan Patent Office (JPO) Yes Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Yes National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI) No Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) Yes Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) No Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PPO) No Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) No Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) Yes Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) Yes Superintendence of Industry and Commerce – Colombia (SIC) No Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) Yes United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) No United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Yes Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) Yes