An applicant for a Japanese patent that has been filed in Cambodia may request for acceleration of their Cambodian patent application under the Cooperation for Facilitating Patent Grant (CPG). According the Prakas (Declaration) on the Implementation of the CPG, the request for acceleration of patent decision based on the CPG must be submitted to the Department of Industrial Property of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft along with a certified copy of the patent gazette in the corresponding Japanese Patent Office patent application and its English translation, a translation of claims and specifications in English and Khmer, and a claims correspondence table. The applicant must submit a translation in Khmer to the Department of Industrial Property within six months of the date on which the request was filed for the CPG.[27]
Acceleration of Patent Application with Japanese Patent Office
