China's Taiwan TIPO and the United States' USPTO signed a priority electronic exchange agreement

On November 22, 2023, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office TIPO and the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO signed the "Taiwan-US Patent Information Security Exchange Memorandum" on the electronic exchange of priorities. It will be more convenient for Taiwanese applicants to file patent applications in the United States.

Currently, approximately 20,000 patent applications are filed by Taiwanese applicants in the United States each year. The implementation of priority electronic document exchange between the United States and Taiwan is another breakthrough since the implementation of the PPH highway between the United States and Taiwan.