IP/N/1/TPKM/16  
IP/N/1/TPKM/P/9  
 
10 Octob er 2017  
(17-5434) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
 NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2  OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
CHINESE TAIPEI : ENFORCEMENT RULES OF  THE PATENT ACT  
Notifying Member  CHINESE TAIPEI 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act  
Subject matt er Industrial property; Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/IP/TPKM/17_4039_00_e.pdf  
(English)  
 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachm ents/2017/IP/TPKM/17_4039_00_x.pdf  
(Chinese)  
 
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/TPKM/7 -IP/N/1/TPKM/P/6  
"https://d ocs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/TPKM/P/6*&Language=English&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/TPKM/E/3 -IP/N/1/TPKM/P/4  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/TPKM/P/4*&Language =English&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/TPKM/I/2  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/TPKM/I/2*&Language=English&Contex
t=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The procedural re quirements of filing patent applications and divisional patent applications are 
modified to align with the amended Patent Act  on January 18, 2017. Accordingly, claiming grace 
period at the time of filing is no longer required.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English and Chinese  IP/N/1/TPKM/16 • IP/N/1/TPKM/P/9  
 
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  Date of adoption  19/04/2017  
Entry into force  01/05/2017  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  13/09/2017  
Other information  Most recent amendments:  
 
Article s 26, 51 and 53: amended on June 29, 2016 and ente red into force on 
July 1, 2016  
 
- The amendments prescribe that applicants who submit certificate  copies of 
the priority document in electronic form will no longer be required to submit 
the original copies of the said document.   
 
- Some technical terms fo r design patents were changed to better reflect the 
examination practices for design patents as well as Article 136 of the Patent 
Act.  
 
Article 86: a mended on March 7, 2016 and entered into force on 
March  9, 2016 
 
- The applicant wishing to postpone publi shing a patent may make a request 
to the Specific Patent Agency at the time of paying patent certificate fee and 
the first year patent annuity fee. The time period that the publication of a 
patent may be postponed is extended from 3 to 6 months.  
 
Patent a pplications are examined and patents granted under the Patents Act 
and the Patents Regulations by the Intellectual Property Office ( TIPO), a n 
administrative agency  of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.  
 
Website:     http://www.tipo.gov.tw/  
Contact email address:  ipogp@tipo.gov.tw  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Economic Affairs  
15 Fuzhou St.   
Taipei, 10015  
 
Phone:    +886 2 2376 6141  
Fax:    +886 2 2737 3183  
Website :   http://www.moea.gov.tw/