Taiwan and Japan sign an MOU on patent dossier information exchange
2018/12/25 TaiwanDate Posted：2018-12-25
Patent examination cooperation between Taiwan and Japan just turned a new page. Following Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), Priority Document Exchange (PDX), and Taiwan-Japan Cooperation on Deposit of Biological Materials in Relation to Patent Procedure, TIPO and the Japan Patent Office will soon cooperate on patent dossier information exchange.
On November 30, Taiwan-Japan Relations Association and Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association signed an MOU on patent dossier information exchange between Taiwan and Japan, using a one-stop platform for patent applicants and patent examiners to review high-quality documents on patent examination comprehensively and real-time. The service will be officially provided to the public starting in January 2021, when system establishments and related tests are complete.
Once the patent dossier information exchange between Taiwan and Japan becomes effective, patent applicants and patent examiners will be able to use application number or publication number of an application to view its patent family, list of examination documents, and the content of the documents. Users may acquire the IPC and citations of an application. It is hoped that the service can make it more convenient for patent examiners in Taiwan and Japan to draw references on the examination process from one another, thereby improving examination quality and speed.
Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
