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Important Notices |
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PDX Program Between Taiwan and Korea Commences on January 01, 2016 |
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Taiwan IP Office (TIPO) and Korea IP office (KIPO) make great strides towards patent examination by signing the MOU of the PDX (electronic exchange of priority documents) program.
The PDX program is applied to invention and utility model patent applications first filed with TIPO and KIPO only but not applied to design or trademark applications nor PCT applications.
Starting from January 01, 2016, upon request by the applicant in the application form for an invention or a utility model patent application, TIPO and KIPO will directly exchange documents electronically without the extra official fee. It is no longer necessary to submit the original priority documents for claiming priority based on a Taiwanese or Korean patent application to save time and cost on paperwork by increasing administrative efficiency to well expedite examination . This program also extends to applicants with PDX requests for priority claims within 16 months prior to the launch of this program.
TIPO and KIPO have planned to exchange electronic priority documents once per month. Thus, it will take about 30 days to complete the exchange procedure. If the electronic exchange succeeds, the applicant will not receive any notice from either office. However, in case the electronic exchange fails due to the internet disconnection or other cause(s) not attributable to the applicants, TIPO or KIPO will take a remedial action by re-exchanging the electronic priority documents. After the re-exchange, the documents are deemed to have submitted within the statutory period.
On the contrary, if the failure is resulted in the wrong filing date or filing number of the first filed application or other cause(s) attributable to the applicant, the applicant should correct the filing date or number or submit the original copy of the priority document up to TIPO or KIPO within a two-month period specified by the two participating offices. Otherwise, the priority will be deemed unclaimed. |
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The National Holidays in the Year of 2016 in Taiwan |
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For the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and our firm will be closed from February 06 (Saturday) to February 14, 2016 (Sunday).
We will resume working on February 15, 2016 (Monday). Kindly send us your orders of new patent or trademark applications or your instructions of any time-consuming work at least one week before the holidays to avoid urgent work, if at all possible. Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. |
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Year 2016 National Holidays in Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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Festival and Holiday Name |
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Jan. 01 ~ Jan~03 |
Fri. ~ Sun. |
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Founding Anniversary |
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Jan. 30 |
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Working day |
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Feb. 06 ~ Feb. 14 |
Sat. ~ Sun. |
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**Lunar New Year Holidays |
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Feb. 27 ~ Feb. 29 |
Sat. ~ Mon. |
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Peace Memorial Day |
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Apr. 02 ~ Apr. 05 |
Sat. ~ Tue. |
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Tomb-sweeping Festival & Children's Day |
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Jun. 04 |
Sat. |
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Working day |
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Jun. 09 ~ Jun. 12 |
Thur. ~ Sun. |
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Dragon Boat Festival |
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Sep. 10 |
Sat. |
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Working day |
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Sep. 15 ~ Sep. 18 |
Thur. ~ Sun. |
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Mid-autumn Festival |
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Oct. 08 ~ Oct. 10 |
Sat. ~ Mon. |
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National Day |
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Other notices: |
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(1) |
Our offices will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays except those adjusted to be working days as listed in the table above. |
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If you should have any instructions or require any instructions from us related to official due dates within the above holidays, please contact us in advance as soon as possible. |
