IP/N/1/TPKM/21, IP/N/1/TPKM/P/11

Chinese Taipei

Regulations Governing the Determination of Patent Term Extension

Formulated pursuant to Paragraph 5, Article 53 of the Patent Act, these Regulations prescribe primarily forms and supporting documents for the request of patent term extension for pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, and their manufacturing Process, as well as the determinations of extended period to be granted. The amendment to the Regulations included: 1. For a request for patent term extension based on a clinical trial or field test conducted in a foreign country, the document proving that the trial/test time has been claimed and approved for patent term extension by the foreign country will no longer be required. (Article 5, 7) 2. For field tests that need not to be conducted in sequence, the limitation that only the longest one may be claimed for patent term extension will be removed. (Article 6)

Patent applications are examined and granted under the Patents Act and the Patents Regulations by the Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), an administrative agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Website: http://www.tipo.gov.tw/ Contact email address: ipogp@tipo.gov.tw

Ministry of Economic Affairs http://www.moea.gov.tw/

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