What can I do if I didn’t claim priority or the priority claimed was incomplete at the time of filing patent application?
Where an applicant unintentionally fails to claim priority at the time of filing, or where the priority claim is deemed not to have been made due to not specify the filing date of the first patent application or the name of the country (or WTO member), he/she may, within 16 months after the earliest priority date, apply for reinstatement of priority claim, pay the required fee (NT$2,000), and undertake the actions that should have been done. Please note that with respect to a design application, the time period to apply for reinstatement of priority claim should be 10 months from the earliest priority date.