The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a program initially launched in 2014 to speeds up the examination process for corresponding National/Regional Phase applications filed in the participating patent offices. Under the PPH in participating patent offices, a patent applicant who receives a final ruling from a first patent office that at least one claim is allowed may request a fast track examination of the corresponding claims in the corresponding patent application pending in a second patent office. The PPH procedure enables an applicant to reach a final disposition of the patent application more quickly and efficiently than the standard National/Regional examination process.