An effective filing date may be obtained by filing the Original Specification and Drawings (may be informal ones, if any).

1.

Original (English or Japanese, etc.) Specification with Drawings (if any)

2.

Chinese Specification with Drawings (if any)

3.

Assignment, simply signed by the inventor, if the application is to be filed by an assignee.

4.

Power of Attorney, simply signed by the applicant.

5.

Certified copy of the basic application, if priority is to be claimed.

1.

Name, address, nationality and legal status (i.e., kind of incorporation) of the applicant.

2.

Name and nationality of the inventor.

3.

Name and title of the person signing the power of attorney on behalf of the corporate applicant.

4.

Name of the country in which the basic application was filed and the filing date and number (even if no priority is claimed the applicant must state whether he has filed any corresponding application in any foreign country, and the name of country in which such application was filed and the filing date and number must be entered in the Chinese specification).

Priority must be claimed at the time of filing the patent application by indicating the name of the country in which the basic application was filed and its filing date; the filing number of the priority case can be supplemented together with the Certified Priority Document within 4 months from the filing date of Taiwan patent application.

Foreign Applicant, who has filed his first basic patent application in a member of the WTO (World Trade Organization – which Taiwan joined on January 1, 2002) or in a foreign country which allows ROC (Taiwan) nationals to claim priority based on reciprocity, may claim the priority of said basic application when filing a patent application for the same invention in the Taiwan within twelve (12) months from the filing date of said basic application.

If the applicant files an international application filed on the basis of a PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty), EPC (European Patent Convention) or WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization ) application which is recognized as a qualified domestic application per the local law or regulation of the designated country, the applicant is also entitled to claim priority of said international application in Taiwan, provided that the priority date of the basic application shall not earlier than January 1, 2002.

The Chinese Specification/Formal Drawings/Power of Attorney/Assignment and Name of the country in which the basic application was filed and its filing date and number may be filed within 4 months from the filing date. This term can be extended up to a maximum of six months from the filing date of the application.

The Certified Priority Document MUST be filed within 4 months from the filing date and is NOT extensible. As this term is a statutory period, the claim of priority will be dismissed if the Certified Priority Document is not submitted within the deadline. (If the submission of the Certified Priority Document has been delayed beyond the statutory time limit caused by the reasons which is not attributable by the applicant, the applicant may file, within 30 days upon receipt of the Certified Priority Document, a written application with reasons and an evidencing document for reinstating the priority claiming, except in the case where one year has elapsed after expiration of the statutory time limit.)