Taiwan and Japan to Implement a Cooperative Program on Mutual Recognition of Deposit of Biological Materials for the Purpose of Patent Procedure - 2014.11.21

Following the PPH partnership in 2012 and PDX program in 2013, the Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) have achieved yet another milestone today with the signing of a memorandum for a cooperative program on mutual recognition of deposit of biological materials for the purpose of patent procedure.

Today (Nov. 20), the Association of East Asian Relations and Interchange Association Japan signed a memorandum for a cooperative program on mutual recognition of deposit of biological materials between Taiwan and Japan. Through cooperation between TIPO and JPO, this mutual recognition aims to lessen the burden on the part of patent applicants having to repeatedly make deposits in respective countries. After the signing of the memorandum, TIPO will promulgate the Guidelines for Mutual Recognition of Deposit of Biological Materials for the Purpose of Patent Procedure between Taiwan and Japan.

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