Taiwan Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) was launched on January 1, 2010 to expedite the examination for an invention patent application. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) initially provided an AEP request to be filed according to one of three bases. (more…)

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A foreign applicant can file a Taiwan patent application claiming priority of a basic foreign application by submitting a certified priority document from foreign countries. The priority document should be an original document issued by a foreign governmental IP office (more…)

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1. In Taiwan patent system, there are three types of patents, namely invention patent, utility model patent and design patent. For a patent application, the applicant will have to pay the issue fee and first annuity within 3 months upon receipt of a Notice (more…)

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1. In the Taiwan patent system, there are three types of patents, namely invention patent, utility model patent and design patent. For a patent application, the applicant will have to pay the issue fee and first annuity within 3 months upon (more…)

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Since the coronavirus pandemic erupted in early 2020 throughout the whole world, there are over 240 million confirmed cases and more than 4 million deaths, according to latest WHO statistics. Taiwan learnt from previous SARS experience and started early preventive (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently analyzed the technical fields of invention patent applications filed in 2020. The overall filings show that the major technical fields remain semiconductor, computing technology, electrical machinery apparatus and energy, (more…)

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The following tables are made based on 2020 official data published by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO).

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The following tables are made based on 2020 official data published by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO).

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