Type | Description | Fee (NTD) |
Invention | Filing of an invention application | 3,500 |
Conversion of a utility model application into an invention application | 3,500 |
Division of an invention application | 3,500 |
Substantive examination of an invention application (Whose description, claims, abstract, and drawings in total do not exceed 50 pages and the number of claims is less than 10) | 7,000 |
Additional fee for substantive examination or re-examination of an invention application whose total number of claims exceed 10 (a fee is required for each additional claim) | 800 |
Additional fee for substantive examination or re-examination of an invention whose description, claims, abstract, and drawings exceed 50 pages (a fee is required for each addition of 50 pages; additional pages less than50 shall be counted as 50) | 500 |
Re-examination of an invention application (Whose description, claims, abstract, and drawings in total do not exceed 50 pages and the number of claims is less than 10) | 7,000 |
Invalidation against an invention patent or a utility model patent (Applicable where the invalidation is on a claim-by-claim basis) | 5,000 |
Invalidation against an invention patent (applicable to patent term extension, where the patentee is not the owner of the right to apply for an invention patent, or where the invention patent runs counter to the reciprocity principle) | 10,000 |
Additional fee for Invalidation against an invention patent. A fee is required for each claim. | 800 |
Adding supplementary reasons or evidence to invalidation | 2,000 |
Post-grant amendment to description, claims, or drawings of an invention patent | 2,000 |
Early laying-open of an invention application | 1,000 |
Compulsory license of a patent | 100,000 |
Repeal of compulsory license of a patent | 100,000 |
Annuity for a granted invention patent, each year (1st-3rd year) | 2,500 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of an invention patent in the amount of NT$800. (1st-3rd year) | 1,700 |
Annuity for a granted invention patent, each year (4th-6th year) | 5,000 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of an invention patent in the amount of NT$1,200. (4th-6th year) | 3,800 |
Annuity for a granted invention patent, each year (7th-9th year) | 8,000 |
Annuity for a granted invention patent, each year (10th year and beyond) | 16,000 |
Annuity for prolonged term of an invention patent | 5,000 |
Utility Model | Filing of a utility model application | 3,000 |
Conversion of an invention application or a design application into a utility model application | 3,000 |
A technical evaluation report of a utility model patent whose total number of claims is less than 10 | 5,000 |
Each additional claim in a technical evaluation report of a utility model patent (whose total number of claims exceeds 10) | 600 |
Invalidation against a utility model patent (Applicable where the invalidation is on a claim-by-claim basis) | 5,000 |
Invalidation against a utility model patent (Applicable where the patentee is not the owner of the right to apply fora utility model patent, or where the utility model patent runs counter to the reciprocity principle) | 9,000 |
Additional fee for Invalidation against a utility model patent. A fee is required for each claim | 800 |
Post-grant amendment to description, claims, or drawings of a utility model patent | 2,000 |
Reinstatement of priority claim | 2,000 |
Correction of translation errors | 2,000 |
Annuity for a granted utility model patent, each year (1st-3rd year) | 2,500 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of an utility model patent in the amount of NT$800. (1st-3rd year) | 1,700 |
Annuity for a granted utility model patent each year (4th-6th year) | 4,000 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of a utility model patent in the amount of NT$1,200. (4th-6th year) | 2,800 |
Annuity for a granted utility model patent, each year (7th year and beyond) | 8,000 |
Design | Filing of a design application | 3,000 |
Filing of a derivative design application | 3,000 |
Re-examination of a design application | 3,500 |
Filing of a divisional design application | 3,000 |
Invalidation against a design patent | 8,000 |
Conversion of an application into a design application or a derivative design application | 3,000 |
Post-grant amendment to description or drawings of a design patent | 2,000 |
Annuity for a granted design patent, each year (1st-3rd year) | 800 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of an design patent in the amount of NT$800. (1st-3rd year) | 0 |
Annuity for a granted design patent, each year (4th-6th year) | 2,000 |
A patentee who is a natural person, a school, or a small and medium-sized enterprise may request annuity reduction of a design patent in the amount of NT$1,200. (4th-6th year) | 800 |
Annuity for a granted design patent, each year (7th year and beyond) | 3,000 |
Recordation | Recordation of changes to the applicant’s name, seal, or signature | 300 |
Recordation of changes to the inventor, creator or designer, or the name thereof | 300 |
Change of patent agent | 300 |
Other changes to recordation of licensing, pledge, or trust of a patent right (The fee is the same for more than two changes made simultaneously) | 300 |
Recordation of assignment or inheritance of the right to apply for a patent or the patent | 2,000 |
Recordation of licensing or sublicensing of patent right | 2,000 |
Deletion of licensing recordation | 2,000 |
Recordation of pledge establishment of patent right | 2,000 |
Deletion of pledge establishment recordation of patent right | 2,000 |
Recordation of trust of patent right | 2,000 |
Deletion of trust recordation of patent right | 2,000 |
Recordation of attribution of trusted patent right | 2,000 |
Others | Inspection of conducted experiments or submitted models or samples | 5,000 |
An interview | 1,000 |
Accelerated examination of an invention application based on any of the following circumstances (1) the invention application is essential to commercial exploitation (2) the invention application is eligible under the TW-Support Using the PPH Agreement (TW-SUPA) Examination Pilot Program (3) the invention application is related to green technology | 4,000 |
A patent certificate | 1,000 |
A certified copy of a document | 1,000 |
Re-issuance or replacement of a patent certificate | 600 |
Issuance, re-issuance, or replacement of a patent attorney license | 1,500 |
Issuance, re-issuance, or replacement of a patent agent license | 1,500 |