國內優先權 / 專利工程師林孟萱
Domestic Priority right /Patent Engineer Meng-Xuan Lin
一.前言
1. Preface
為使申請人在國內也可享受和國際優先權相同之利益,專利法90年修整導入國內優先權制度。國內優先權的目的是為使申請人於提出發明或新型專利申請案後,可以該申請案作為基礎(先申請案),於12個月內再提出修正或合併新的請求標的再提出新的申請案(後申請案),且能以先申請案之申請日,作為後申請案專利要件審查基準的時間點。
In order to guarantee its applicant to enjoy priority right domestically and internationally, Patent Law amended its domestic priority right system after 2001. The purpose for such domestic priority right is that an applicant lodged its invention application or utility model application as a base (prior patent application), to where you can lodge other applications within twelve (12) months period (later patent application), the priority date claimed at the prior patent application would be used as the reference date during the patentability examination.
二.國內優先權
2. Domestic Priority Right
專利法第28條規範了國內優先權的相關規定。國內優先權只適用於發明與新型專利,且發明與新型專利之間,可互為主張優先權之基礎案,但國內優先權不適用於設計專利;主張國內優先權之先申請案與後申請案的申請人須為同一人,如先申請案的人請人是複數,則應完全一致。
Patent Law Article 28 sets out its specification of relevant provisions for domestic priority right. Such domestic priority right would only be used for invention application or utility model application. In between its invention application and utility model patent, he/she may claim for such priority right in respect of the invention or creation described in the specification or drawings submitted along with his/her prior patent application; however such principle does not apply to a design patent as such. For people who claims for its domestic priority right shall be the same applicant for its prior patent application and later patent application, same rules apply to more than two applicants that need to be the same.