專利法

This law is enacted to encourage, protect, and use inventions, utility models, and designs to promote industrial development.

雇用人或受雇人就第七條、第八條所定權利歸屬爭執達成協議後，可以附證明文件向專利專責機關申請變更權利人名義。

在發明專利訴訟案件中，法院應將一份判決書正本送交專利專責機關。

專利專責機關可以對涉及侵權訴訟審理的舉發案優先審查。

未經認許之外國法人或團體，可以就本法規定事項提起民事訴訟。

法院可為發明專利訴訟設立專業法庭或指定專人辦理；司法院可指定侵害專利鑑定專業機構；法院受理這類案件時也可囑託該機構鑑定。

This provision defines “新型” as a creation that uses technical ideas based on natural laws and concerns the shape, structure, or combination of an article.

A new model patent will not be granted if it is harmful to public order or good morals.

To apply for a new utility patent, the patent applicant must file the required documents with the patent authority.

新型專利申請若實質上包含二個以上的新型，申請人得在一定期間內提出分割申請。

A patent application changed to another patent type keeps the original filing date, but the change is barred after certain service deadlines and cannot go beyond what was originally disclosed.

專利專責機關在形式審查新型專利時，可以依申請或依職權通知申請人，在限期內修正說明書、申請專利範圍或圖式。

申請專利或辦理相關事項時，申請人可以委任代理人；但在中華民國境內沒有住所或營業所的人，必須委任代理人。

If the patent filing was made in a foreign language, the foreign text cannot be amended, and any corrected Chinese text cannot go beyond what the foreign text disclosed at filing.

After formal review of a new utility patent application, a disposition document must be issued and delivered to the applicant. If the application is not granted, the disposition document must state the reasons.

新型專利申請案經形式審查，如符合列舉事由之一，應作成不予專利處分。

If a utility model patent application passes formality examination and there is no reason to refuse the patent, it should be granted, and the claim scope and drawings should be published.

新型專利權期限自申請日起算，滿十年後屆滿。

新型專利公告後，任何人都可以向專利專責機關申請新型專利技術報告；機關並須公告、指定審查人員作成報告，特定情形下應於六個月內完成。

新型專利權人在行使新型專利權時，如果沒有提示新型專利技術報告，不得進行警告。

新型專利權人若在專利權被撤銷前行使專利權而造成他人損害，原則上要負賠償責任。

新型專利權人通常只能在特定期間申請更正；如果屬於第120條準用第74條第3項的情形，則不受這個限制。

A new utility patent may be challenged before the patent authority on certain listed grounds, and only an interested party may file if the challenge is based on the third ground.

共同申請專利時，原則上要由全體共有人提出申請；二人以上共同處理專利相關程序時，部分事項必須共同連署，其餘程序可各自單獨辦理。

The listed provisions apply to utility model patents.

This provision defines “design” as a creation involving the shape, pattern, color, or combination of these features of an article, using visual appeal.

設計要申請設計專利，不能落入既有公開、刊物揭露、已公開實施、為公眾所知或容易被通常知識者想到等情形；另外，公開後六個月內提出申請時，該公開事實不算作前述不得取得設計專利的原因。

若設計與先前申請、且在後來才公告的設計專利申請案內容相同或近似，通常不能取得設計專利；但如果申請人與先前申請案的申請人相同，則不受此限制。

This provision lists subject matter that is not granted a design patent.

申請設計專利時，申請權人要備齊申請書、說明書、圖式並向專利專責機關申請；如先提出外文本，還要在指定期間內補正中文本。

說明書及圖式必須清楚、充分揭露，使該設計領域的通常知識者能理解內容並據以實現。

同一人可就兩個以上近似設計申請設計專利及其衍生設計專利，但衍生設計的申請有時間與相似性限制。

相同或近似設計有多件申請時，原則上只能先申請者取得設計專利，但若後申請者主張的優先權日早於先申請者申請日，則例外。

申請設計專利時，原則上每一設計要各自提出申請；但同類且通常成組販賣或使用的多個物品，可以用一個設計申請。

共有的專利申請權，沒有全體共有人同意，不得讓與或拋棄；共有人也不能在未經其他共有人同意下，把自己的應有部分讓與他人。

設計專利申請如果實質上包含兩個以上設計，可辦理分割申請。

An applicant who changes between a design patent and a derivative design patent must keep the original filing date, but the change is barred in two listed timing cases and the changed design cannot go beyond what was originally disclosed.

If an invention or utility model application is changed to a design patent application, the design application is treated as filed on the original application date.

以外文本提出者不得修正其外文本；補正的中文本也不得超出申請時外文本已揭露的範圍。

A design patent application that violates the listed provisions must be adjudicated as not patentable.

A design patent lasts 15 years from the application date, and a derivative design patent expires at the same time as the original design patent.

Design patent holders have the exclusive right to stop others from using the design, or a similar design, without consent, unless the Act provides otherwise.

A derivative design patent right may be asserted independently and covers a near-similar scope.

衍生設計專利權原則上要和原設計專利權一起處理，不得分開處分。

A design patent right holder may request corrections to the specification or drawings only for misstatements, mistranslations, or unclear wording, and the correction cannot go beyond the disclosed scope.

繼受專利申請權者在特定情況下不得對抗第三人，申請變更名義時並應附具證明文件。

A design patent right holder may not abandon the patent right without the consent of the authorized user or pledgee.

Anyone may file a petition to revoke a design patent with the patent authority if one of the listed grounds exists; for the third ground, only an interested party may file.

Many listed provisions apply to design patents, and several statutory periods are set specifically for design patent applications.

Certain patent files must be kept permanently if the patent authority finds they have preservation value; other patent files must be kept for fixed periods.

主管機關可以為獎勵發明、新型或設計的創作，訂定獎助辦法。

The competent authority determines the rules for the allowed foreign-language types and other required items for foreign-language documents submitted under specified provisions.

主管機關負責訂定申請費、證書費、專利年費及專利年費減免的相關辦法。

1994年1月23日前提出的申請案，不得依第五十三條申請延長專利權期間。

This article sets which version of the patent-term rules applies to certain patent cases based on when they were already approved and, for some inventions, whether patent rights were still in force when the WTO agreement took effect in Taiwan.

未在修正條文施行前審定的專利申請案、以及更正案和舉發案，原則上適用修正施行後的規定。

專利專責機關職員和專利審查人員在任職期間，原則上不得申請專利或直接、間接受有關專利的任何利益，但繼承不在此限。

This provision says certain patent applications are governed by earlier rules if they meet specified transitional conditions.

The listed provisions apply only to patent applications filed after the amended provisions took effect.

This transitional rule says some patent applications affected by former Article 30(2) are treated as not deposited, and different Article 27 rules apply depending on whether the case is still pending and whether a priority claim is within 16 months.

This provision says certain patent applications that had lost priority rights under earlier rules will instead be treated under specified amended rules if they were still pending and still within the stated time limits.

Applications for extension of a patent term that were filed before the amendment and are still pending after the amendment take the post-amendment rules, if the patent right is still in force.

在本法修正條文施行前，某些既有情形不適用列出的多項條文規定。

Certain unadjudicated new-design patent applications filed before the amendment may be converted by the applicant into partial design patent applications within three months after the amendment takes effect.

修正前尚未審定的聯合新式樣專利申請案，先適用修正前規定；符合條件的申請人可在修正施行後3個月內改申請為衍生設計專利申請案。

本條說明：中華民國一百零五年十二月三十日修正的第22條、第59條、第122條及第142條，只適用於施行後提出的專利申請案。

Pending patent applications, and pending correction and opposition cases, are governed by the revised rules after the amendment takes effect.

For patent applications approved or disposed of before the amendment took effect, if the relevant period has not yet expired, the amended rules apply.

Design patent rights that are still in force on the amendment’s effective date, and certain restored design patents, have their term governed by the amended rules.

本法的施行細則由主管機關訂定。

本法的施行日期由行政院决定；而中華民國一百零二年五月三十一日修正的條文，自公布日施行。

Patent examiners must recuse themselves from a patent case when any listed conflict-of-interest condition applies.

For patent applications and related procedures, late filings or late acts are generally not accepted, unless the law provides otherwise. A person may ask the patent authority to restore the prior position if a statutory deadline was missed because of a natural disaster or other cause not attributable to them, but the request must be made in writing within 30 days after the cause ends and cannot be made if more than one year has passed.

如果審定書或其他文件無法送達，就要在專利公報公告；公報刊登後滿三十日，視為已送達。

專利申請及其他程序可以電子方式辦理；相關實施辦法由主管機關訂定。

本條定義「專利」的種類，共分為發明專利、新型專利及設計專利三種。

When calculating periods under this Act, the first day is not counted. Patent terms under specified patent provisions start from the filing date.

“發明” means a creation using technical ideas based on natural laws.

符合可供產業上利用且不屬於列舉的先前公開情形的發明，申請人可以申請發明專利；但若該發明對本領域通常知識者而言是依先前技術可輕易完成的，仍不能取得發明專利。

If an invention’s disclosure matches an earlier-filed patent application that was published later, it cannot obtain an invention patent, unless the applicant is the same person as the earlier application’s applicant.

Certain inventions are not eligible for invention patents, including plants and animals, biological methods for producing them, human or animal diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical methods, and inventions that harm public order or good morals.

An invention patent applicant must file the required application documents with the patent authority.

This provision requires the specification to disclose the invention clearly and fully, requires the claims to define the invention clearly and concisely and be supported by the specification, and requires the abstract to summarize the disclosed invention.

申請生物材料相關發明專利時，申請人通常要在申請日完成生物材料寄存，並在申請後四個月內補交寄存證明；符合特定國外寄存情形者可免受國內寄存限制。

符合條件的專利申請人可以主張優先權。

申請人主張優先權時，必須在申請專利同時聲明指定事項，並在最早優先權日後16個月內補交受理證明文件。

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is the competent authority, and it may designate a dedicated agency to handle patent matters.

Patent applicants may claim priority from an earlier Taiwan patent application if the conditions are met, but several situations block the claim.

同一發明有多個專利申請時，原則上只准最先申請者；若同日或同一申請人提出，主管機關要通知協議或限期擇一，否則都不發明專利。

同一人同日就同一創作同時申請發明專利與新型專利時，申請時要分別聲明；符合條件時，專利專責機關要通知申請人限期二選一。

申請發明專利時，原則上每一發明都要分別提出申請；但如果兩個以上發明屬於一個廣義發明概念，可以合併在一件申請案中提出。

A patent applicant may file a divisional application when one application actually covers more than one invention, subject to timing and scope limits.

專利申請權人或共有人可在公告後二年內提起舉發；若之後在舉發撤銷確定後二個月內就相同發明申請專利，申請日以原被撤銷的發明專利權申請日計算，且這類申請不再公告。

專利專責機關在發明專利申請案的實體審查中，應指定專利審查人員進行審查。

專利專責機關原則上應在申請日後十八個月公開發明專利申請案；申請人可請求提早公開，但若申請在十五個月內撤回，或涉及國防、國家安全、公共秩序、善良風俗，則不予公開。

An invention patent application may be requested for substantive examination within three years after filing, and in some division or conversion cases within 30 days after that filing or request. Requests made under these rules cannot be withdrawn, and missing the deadline causes the application to be treated as withdrawn.

提出前條審查申請的人，應附上申請書；專利專責機關也要把申請審查的事實刊載於專利公報，並在申請人不是發明專利申請人時通知發明專利申請人。

A foreign person's patent application may be rejected if their country has no qualifying treaty or reciprocal patent protection with the Republic of China, or if Taiwanese applications from ROC nationals are not accepted there.

發明專利申請案公開後，如果有非專利申請人作為商業實施者，專利專責機關可以依申請優先審查；申請人還應檢附相關證明文件。

發明專利申請人可在公告後請求適當補償金；若申請案已公開且他人明知仍在公告前持續商業實施，也可請求。

專利專責機關在審查發明專利時，可以通知申請人限期到機關面詢，或做必要實驗、補送模型或樣品；必要時還可以到現場或指定地點勘驗。

審查發明專利時，專利專責機關可以通知申請人限期修正；申請人只能在通知期間內修改，且修正不得超出原申請揭露範圍（誤譯更正除外）。

用外文本提出的說明書、申請專利範圍及圖式，其外文本不得修正；依第二十五條第三項補正或訂正的中文本，也不得超出申請時外文本揭露的範圍。

專利審查人員應在審定書上具名；同樣要求也適用於再審查、更正、舉發、專利權期間延長及其舉發的審定書。

發明專利申請案若違反列舉的條文規定，會被作成不予專利的審定；作成前，專利專責機關應先通知申請人限期申復。

經公告的專利案，任何人可以申請閱覽、抄錄、攝影或影印相關文件；依法應保密的資料不在此限。

發明專利申請人不服不予專利的審定時，可在審定書送達後二個月內附理由書申請再審查；若是因申請程序不合法或申請人不適格而不受理或駁回，則可直接依法提起行政救濟。

在再審查階段，某些被認定不予專利的申請案仍可修改說明書、申請專利範圍或圖式；若先前已發最後通知，這些修改通常還受限制，但若專利專責機關認為原先發出最後通知不當，則不受該限制。

This provision defines the patent application right and says who generally holds it.

On reexamination, the patent authority must assign examiners who did not examine the original case, then issue a determination document and deliver it to the applicant.

涉及國防或國家安全機密的發明，專利機關可先諮詢相關機關、封存申請文件，並要求申請人、代理人和發明人保密。

發明專利核准後，申請人要在審定書送達後3個月內繳清證書費和第一年專利年費，之後才能公告；未繳費則不公告。

Certain patent owners may ask to extend a patent term using the first license, but only once and only within the stated time limits.

If a patent-term extension application is still undecided when the original patent term expires, the term is treated as extended; if the authority decides not to extend, it lasts only until the original expiry date.

專利專責機關就發明專利權期間延長申請案，應指定專利審查人員審查，並作成審定書送達專利權人。

If a patent term extension is approved by the patent-specialized authority, its scope is limited to the active ingredient and use stated in the permit.

任何人如認為已核准延長的發明专利权期间有列明情形之一，可以附证据向专利专责机关举报。

發明專利權人原則上可以排除他人未經同意實施其發明；發明實施的範圍與專利權範圍及其解釋方式也有定義。

發明專利權的效力不及於列出的多種情形，並且部分先前實施者只能在原有事業目的範圍內繼續利用。

專利申請權和專利權可以讓與或繼承；專利申請權不得作為質權標的。

Patent rights do not extend to research, testing, and necessary acts done to obtain drug review registration approval or foreign drug marketing authorization.

After notice, the patent owner may ask for removal or prevention of infringement. If the patent owner does not sue within the stated period, the drug license applicant may file a declaratory action on whether the applied-for drug infringes the patent.

就混合二種以上醫藥品而製造之醫藥品或方法，發明專利權的效力不及於依醫師處方箋調劑的行為及所調劑的醫藥品。

發明專利權人就專利的讓與、信託、授權或設質，未經向專利專責機關登記的，不得對抗第三人。

專屬被授權人可以再授權第三人實施，但契約另有約定的，從其約定；非專屬被授權人則須先取得發明專利權人或專屬被授權人同意。

If a patent right is co-owned, the co-owners may themselves exploit it, but otherwise all co-owners must consent before anyone may assign it, place it in trust, license another person to exploit it, create a pledge over it, or abandon it.

發明專利權共有人未經其他共有人同意，不得把自己應有部分讓與、交付信託或設定質權。

發明專利權人因戰事受損失時，可以申請把專利權延展 5 至 10 年，但只能申請一次；交戰國人的專利權不得申請延展。

發明專利權人只能就特定事項申請更正專利說明書、申請專利範圍或圖式，且更正一般不得超出原揭露範圍，也不得實質擴大或變更公告時的申請專利範圍。

Patent authority reviews correction applications, designates patent examiners (except under Article 77), serves a decision notice on the applicant, and publishes the reasons after approving a correction.

發明專利權人未經被授權人或質權人同意，不得拋棄專利權，也不得申請更正；若專利權共有，申請更正還須全體共有人同意。

受雇人完成的職務上發明、新型或設計，其專利申請權和專利權屬於雇用人；雇用人並應支付受雇人適當報酬，但契約另有約定者除外。

發明專利權在幾種情況下會當然消滅；符合條件時，專利權人也可以在期限內申請回復專利權。

Anyone may file a challenge with the patent authority when one of the listed grounds exists, but for the third ground only an interested party may file.

利害關係人在有可回復之法律上利益時，可以在專利權當然消滅後提起舉發。

提起舉發時要提出申請書，寫明舉發聲明和理由，並附上證據。

專利專責機關收到申請後要把副本送達專利權人；專利權人通常須在送達後一個月內答辯，舉發案件審查期間也只在特定期間內才能申請更正。

專利專責機關在舉發審查時，得在舉發聲明範圍內自行審酌舉發人未提出的理由與證據，並應通知專利權人限期答辯。

專利專責機關在舉發審查時，可以通知專利權人在期限內到機關面詢，或進行必要實驗、補送模型或樣品；必要時也可以到現場或指定地點勘驗。

在舉發案件審查期間，如有更正案，原則上要合併審查、合併審定；若更正案經認可，還要把更正文件副本送達舉發人，但僅刪除請求項的不在此限。

If there are multiple invalidation petitions for the same patent right, the patent authority may consolidate the review when it considers it necessary; consolidated cases may also be consolidated for decision.

在舉發審查時，專利專責機關應指定專利審查人員審查，並作成審定書送達專利權人及舉發人；且舉發審定須就各請求項分別作成。

受雇人在非職務上完成的發明、新型或設計，專利申請權和專利權屬於受雇人；但若使用雇用人資源或經驗，雇用人支付合理報酬後可在其事業內實施。

舉發人可以在審定前撤回舉發申請；但如果專利權人已提出答辯，撤回要先經專利權人同意。

任何人不得就同一專利權，針對同一事實並使用同一證據再次舉發。

發明專利權經舉發審查成立時，專利權應被撤銷，且可按各請求項分別撤銷。

For invalidation proceedings about an invention patent term extension under Article 57(1), the Act’s rules on invention patent invalidation apply mutatis mutandis.

Matters such as patent right approvals, changes, transfers, licenses, compulsory licenses, revocations, and pledges must be announced in the patent gazette.

專利專責機關必須設置專利權簿，並記載核准專利、專利權異動及法令規定事項；專利權簿也可以電子方式保存，並供人民閱覽、抄錄、攝影或影印。

專利專責機關可以用電子方式辦理本法規定應公開、公告的事項，並由該機關決定實施日期。

This provision lets the patent authority grant compulsory licenses in urgent situations and in certain listed cases, and requires prompt notice to the patent owner.

專利專責機關收到強制授權申請後，應通知專利權人並限期答辯；未答辯時，得直接審查。強制授權審定應以書面作成，載明理由、範圍、期間與補償金，且原專利權人仍可實施其專利權；強制授權原則上不得讓與、信託、繼承、授權或設定質權，但有例外。

在中央目的事業主管機關認為不再需要強制授權時，專利專責機關應依通知廢止；另外，在特定事由下也可依申請廢止強制授權。

A contract between an employer and employee is void if it takes away the employee’s rights in an invention, utility model, or design.

專利專責機關得依申請，核准強制授權，讓申請人實施專利權以供應特定國家進口所需的醫藥品。

強制授權製造的醫藥品必須全部出口到進口國，數量不得超過通知所需量，包裝要標示授權依據並與其他藥品可區別，且被授權人要支付補償金並在出口前公開相關資訊。

發明專利申請人要在申請時繳申請費；核准後，發明專利權人要繳證書費和專利年費，延長或延展期間內也仍要繳年費。

Invention patent annual fees start from the date of public announcement; the first year must be paid under Article 52(1), and later years must be paid before they fall due.

逾期未繳發明專利第二年以後的專利年費者，可以在期滿後六個月內補繳，但要另外按比例加繳專利年費。

符合條件的發明專利權人可以向專利專責機關申請減免專利年費。

發明專利權人可要求停止侵害、預防侵害、請求損害賠償，並可要求銷毀侵害物或其他必要處置；專屬被授權人在授權範圍內也可主張前三項請求，但契約另有約定的從其約定。

發明專利權人在請求損害賠償時，可以選擇三種方式計算損害；若無法證明損害，還可用利益差額法。

專利權人若認為進口物可能侵害其專利權，可向海關申請先行查扣；申請需書面提出、說明侵害事實，並提供相當保證金或擔保。

In listed cases, customs must revoke the seizure of the detained goods.

If seized goods are finally judged not to infringe a patent, the applicant must compensate the seized person for damage caused by the seizure or the bond. Customs must return certain bonds on application when the stated conditions are met.

主管機關會同財政部，訂定關於前三條所涉申請查扣、廢止查扣、檢視查扣物，以及保證金或擔保的繳納、提供、返還程序、應備文件和其他應遵行事項的辦法。

專利物應標示專利證書號數；不能標在專利物上時，可改用標籤、包裝或其他顯著方式標示。

當某製造方法專利製成的物在申請專利前屬國內外未見者，別人製造相同物時，會推定是用該專利方法製成；但可提出反證推翻。

This provision is a chapter heading: “Chapter 1 — General Provisions.”

Section Six is titled “Payment.”

This section is about damages and litigation.

This chapter is titled “New Utility Model Patents.”

Chapter 4 is about design patents.

Chapter 5: Supplementary provisions.

Chapter 22 is titled “Invention Patents.”

This provision is a section heading for patent requirements.

This section is titled “Applications.”

This section is titled "Review and Re-review".

This chapter is about patent rights.

This provision is a section heading for “強制授權”.