Rule number two An applicant from Taiwan Province Province (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) who applies for a patent for invention or utility model for the first time within 0/2 months from the date when Taiwan Province Province first filed an application for a patent for design, or within 6 months from the date when China National Intellectual Property Administration first filed an application for a patent for design, may claim the priority of his earlier application in Taiwan Province Province (hereinafter referred to as the priority of Taiwan Province Province).
Where the applicant claims the priority of Taiwan Province Province in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the filing date of the earlier application shall be after September 10 (inclusive).
Rule three. The applicant may claim one or more priorities of Taiwan Province Province in an application; Where multiple Taiwan Province provinces are required for priority, the time limit for the priority of the Taiwan Province province of the application shall be calculated from the filing date of the earliest earlier application.
Article 4? Where the applicant claims the priority of Taiwan Province Province, it shall declare in the request at the same time when filing the patent application for China National Intellectual Property Administration, and submit a copy of the earlier application documents issued by the patent authority of Taiwan Province Province within three months; If the copy of the earlier application documents is not specified in the request or is not submitted at the expiration of the time limit, it shall be deemed that the priority of Taiwan Province Province has not been claimed.
Where the applicant requests the priority of Taiwan Province Province in the request, it shall specify the application date and application number of the earlier application, and indicate that the original accepting institution is "Taiwan Province Province".
Article 5? Where the applicant claims one or more priorities in Taiwan Province Province, and one or two of the application date, application number and the name of the original accepting institution of the earlier application are not specified or misspelled in the request, but the applicant submits a copy of the earlier application documents within the prescribed time limit, China National Intellectual Property Administration shall notify the applicant to make corrections; If the applicant fails to reply within the time limit or fails to meet the requirements after correction, it shall be deemed that the priority of Taiwan Province Province has not been claimed.
Article 6? Where the applicant claims multiple priorities in Taiwan Province Province, it shall submit copies of all the earlier application documents.
A copy of the earlier application documents shall at least indicate the original accepting institution, applicant, application date and application number. If the copy of the earlier application documents does not meet the requirements, China National Intellectual Property Administration shall notify the applicant to make corrections; If the applicant fails to reply within the time limit or fails to meet the requirements after correction, it shall be deemed that a copy of the earlier application documents has not been submitted.
If China National Intellectual Property Administration obtains a copy of the earlier application documents through electronic exchange in accordance with relevant agreements, it shall be deemed that the applicant has submitted a copy of the earlier application documents that meets the requirements.
The applicant has submitted a copy of the earlier application document to China National Intellectual Property Administration, and if it needs to be submitted again, it may only submit the title of the copy, but it shall indicate the application number of the application document where the original application document is located.