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To encourage women to participate in innovation and invention, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) launched a "Pilot Program for Accelerated Examination of Invention Patent Applications Submitted by Female Applicants" on July 1, 2025. The program will run for one year. The program involves the following provisions:
Applicable cases
- Applicable only to invention patent applications
- The applicant must be a natural person (applications submitted by legal persons are not eligible)
- The applicant or at least one of the co-applicants must be a female natural person, who must also be one of the inventors in the application.
- Applications must be submitted in person by eligible female applicants.
Require
- Applicants are required to provide their national identification number in the electronic application form
- Applicants with foreign nationality must submit relevant documents that can verify their female identity
- Requests must be submitted through the IPO electronic application system
Submission period:
- After receiving the notice of commencement of substantive examination from TIPO
- Before the first office action notice is issued
quota limits
- Total quota: limited to 50 cases during the trial period
- First two months: up to 5 items per month
- From the third month onwards: up to 4 items per month
- For each female applicant: a maximum of 5 requests may be submitted under this program
- If the monthly limit is reached, applicants can resubmit their request in the following month
Review
- For eligible applications: IPO will conduct an accelerated review within 6 months of submitting the request for accelerated review and issue an office opinion or a decision to allow/reject the application.
- For applications that do not meet the requirements: IPO will notify the applicant and review the application according to normal procedures
Women's participation in innovation and invention has always been a focus of global attention, and this new program led by TIPO will undoubtedly open up a path for female inventors to quickly enter the market.
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