Under a cooperation agreement between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Ministry of Industry & Handicraft (MIH) of Cambodia, patent owners in Singapore will now be able to:

i)Re-register their Singapore patents at the MIH. During the term that a patent is in force in Singapore, patent owners can apply to re-register their Singapore patent in Cambodia by submitting a request to MIH.

ii) Submit a Search and Examination Report issued by IPOS to MIH for grant of a Cambodia related patent application. Patent applicants in Singapore who have a Cambodia related patent application may now request IPOS to submit to MIH a copy of:

a) The final Search and Examination Report issued by IPOS and
b) The final specifications of a Singapore related patent application to MIH for grant of the Cambodia related patent application.

Patent owners may also request for specifications of the Cambodia related patent application to be amended accordingly to conform to the final specifications of the Singapore related patent application.