TIPO amended the Examination Guidelines on Biology-related Invention Patent Applications which entered into force on January 1, 2019
2019/03/06 Taiwan• Date Posted：2019-03-06
To align with the status of development of Taiwan’s biotech industry, TIPO amended the Examination Guidelines on Biology-related Invention Patent Applications which entered into force on January 1, 2019. It is aimed to assist applicants in making determination of inventive step of invention patent applications much clearer and easily.
This amendment focuses on rearranging the structure of certain chapters, revising specific types and discourse of inventive step, as well as adding sample cases.
For more information, please visit (Chinese): https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=688737&ctNode=7127&mp=1
Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
