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Countries IP system
Taiwan patent and trademark system
Invention patent
- Patent term:
20 years starting from filing date
- Document required:
Specification, drawings, power of attorney and affidavit
- Patent prosecution:
Investigation examination procedure Patent publications will take place 18 months after the filing date (priority date)/from 1st July 2004
- Maintenance fee:
Annual payment from approve date
Utility model patent
- Patent term:
10 years starting from filing date
- Document required:
Specification, drawings, power of attorney and affidavit - Patent prosecution:
Formality examination procedure/from 1st July 2004 - Maintenance fee:
Annual payment from approve date - Related term:
Utility enforcement rights required technical evaluation report /from 1st July 2004
Design patent
- Patent term:
12 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification, drawings, power of attorney and affidavit - Patent prosecution:
Investigation examination procedure - Maintenance fee:
Annual payment from approve date
Trademark
- Trademark term:
10 years from register date, renewal for every 10 years term - Trademark format:
words, logo, symbol, color or other combination - Document required:
Words/logo, merchandise class/detail, power of attorney, applicant document - Usage term:
Trademark has not been use for 3 consecutive years will be revoke. - Renewal term:
Renewal 6 month before expires date.