TIPO publishes the English language version of its 2017 annual report
2018/07/23 TaiwanDate Posted：2018-07-23
TIPO has focused its work on improving IP quality, supporting the industry, and promoting international exchanges in the year of 2017. By so doing, it has improved the value of IPs in Taiwan, provided better IP services to SMEs, and worked with international partners across a wide range of issues.
For example, in terms of examination efficiency, the average first-action pendency and the average disposal pendency for invention patents have dropped to 9 and 16 months, and those for trademarks have dropped to 5 and 7 months, respectively, the best over the past five years. As for examination quality, TIPO has published guidelines on patent examination quality review, and launched the Patent Examination Quality Review 2.0, a project dedicated to further improving the framework for patent examination quality reviews while introducing the Patent Application Face-to-face Interview 2.0 project, in the hope of cultivating patents of even better quality.
In terms of its support of SMEs, TIPO, along with its branch offices, have provided tailor-made classes to SMEs to equip them with the basic knowledge of IP matters and how to improve patent quality. Moreover, information sessions were held for IP professionals to improve their competence in design patent. TIPO also published trend analysis on important industries. By doing so, TIPO aimed to provide the industries with the professional and just in-time support they needed to expand their IP portfolio around the world.
As for international exchanges, TIPO’s MOU on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) with its Japanese counterpart has been extended for another three years. In addition, an MOU on IPR enforcement cooperation has been signed with the US; an MOU on PPH cooperation signed with Poland, and an MOU on the mutual cooperation in the field of deposit of biological material for the purpose of patent procedure was signed with the UK, showing TIPO’s multidimensional cooperation with many international partners.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=671774&ctNode=7127&mp=1
Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
