Revisions to the Positive Patent Examination Pilot Program for Startup Companies take effect as of January 1, 2023

　The Positive Patent Examination Pilot Program for Startup Companies (hereinafter the “Pilot Program”) the Taiwan IPO has been promoting since 2022 terminated on December 31, 2022.  There was an original requirement that the startups eligible for the Pilot Program should have been founded for less than 5 years.  To extend the scope of eligibility for the Pilot Program, the revisions allow the startups that have been founded for less than 8 years to also participate in the Pilot Program.  The revisions come into force as of January 1, 2023.  More details of the revisions and relevant Q&A are available at the link below: https://www.tipo.gov.tw/tw/cp-85-915609-67230-1.html.  (Released 2022.12.01) 

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