In order to let Patent Agent declare hours of on-the-job training, change the registration data, and submit the relevant documents more conveniently; the electronic application form of “Application Form of Registration and Change particulars for Patent Agent” has been added. The Patent Agent can make the related statement online.  In addition, amending “Declaration for hours of on-the-job training of Patent ...
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There is an upward trend in invention patent applications filed with Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) in the recent 3 years. There are 45,650 cases filed in 2019, an annual increase of 2.6%. Invention patent applications filed with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have grown for 10 consecutive years. There are 265,800 applications by estimate in 2019, an annual increase ...
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1. In order to assist new industries with R&D capabilities to confirm the possibility of granting invention patents and obtaining patent certificates as soon as possible, the TIPO has formulated and issued the "Trial Operation Plan for Active Patent Examination in New Industries", and planned to conduct 30 trials within six months for new patent applications filed electronically. The TIPO ...
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Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9 in volume 3 of substantive examination on design patents of the “Examination Guidelines for Patents” are amended.。 Announcement, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9 in volume 3 of substantive examination on design patents of the “Examination Guidelines for Patents” (marked-up version; clean version), volume 3 of substantive examination on design ...
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Following the launch of the cooperative program on mutual recognition of the deposit of biological materials for the purpose of patent procedure between Taiwan and Japan in 2015 and between Taiwan and the UK in 2017, the cooperative program between Taiwan and South Korea, based on an MOU signed in August, will be implemented on September 1, 2020. It once ...
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