Searching in databases - Chinese Taipei (TW)

Tips and tricks for using TIPO's free data sources without knowledge of the language. Simple, step-by-step search guides demonstrate how to make the most of the wealth of data available in TIPO's original databases.

Number search and document retrieval

• Retrieving full documents from the Taiwan Patent Office's website (PDF, 643 KB)
• Monitoring Taiwanese publications by IPC classes (PDF, 576 KB)

English machine translation

• Retrieving English machine translations from the Taiwan Patent Office’s Chinese website (PDF, 806 KB)
• Retrieving English machine translations from the Taiwan Patent Office’s English website (PDF,  720 KB)

Legal status information

• Retrieving legal status information from the Taiwan Patent Office's English website (PDF, 496 KB)
• Retrieving legal status information from the Taiwan Patent Office's Chinese website (PDF, 699 KB)
• Retrieving citation data from the Taiwan Patent Office's Chinese website (PDF, 1 MB)
• Online file inspection with English machine translation on TIPO's TIPONet (PDF, 592 KB)
• Finding Taiwanese patent term extensions on TIPO's website (PDF, 795 KB)
• Finding information on dual filings on the Taiwan Patent Office’s Chinese website (PDF, 1 MB) 

Searching designs

• Searching designs on the Taiwan Patent Office's website (PDF, 978 KB)