Design patents now included in the Taiwan-South Korea Electronic Priority Document Exchange Program
The applicant must submit a certified copy of the patent application granted by a nation or WTO member where the patent application was submitted within 16 months of the earliest priority date, according to paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Patent Act. To simplify and streamline the process, Paragraph 1 of Article 22 of the Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act further provides that the priority document shall be deemed to have been submitted by the applicant if [...]
