aiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) began “Accelerated Examination Program (AEP)” on January 1, 2009. The program is similar to Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between foreign patent offices, and aims to speed up the examination of invention patent applications in Taiwan. According to TIPO, statistics on cases filed with TIPO by utilizing this AEP up to the end of June 2009 are summarized as below.
| Applicants | Number of Cases filed for AEP | Top Foreign Applicants filed for AEP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Applicants | 138 | USA | 36 | |
| Japan | 30 | |||
| Domestic Applicants | 80 | Germany | 15 | |
| Singapore | 14 | |||
| Total | 218 | Others | 43 | |
| Total | 138 | |||
| Corresponding foreign countries of which their allowed claims were submitted for AEP Cases | Technical Field based on IPC (International Technical Classification) for AEP Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | Percentage | Electricity, Measuring, Light and Storage Device | 33 | |
| USA | 52% | Mechanics | 28 | |
| Europe | 13% | Daily Supplies | 25 | |
| Japan | 10% | Photoelectric and Liquid Crystal Device | 23 | |
| China | 10% | |||
| Korea | 7% | Semiconductors | 23 | |
| Others | 18% | Others | 86 | |
Among the above 218 AEP cases, 109 cases have received an official action or decision. The average period for TIPO to issue the official action or decision for AEP cases is 41.7 days. For detailed procedures and necessary documents to file a request for accelerated examination in Taiwan, please contact us.
