8 September, 2017
Question (Foreign filing license): We have an application for filing in the United States Patent Office by tomorrow for a company in the United States that has a sole Taiwan inventor residing in Taiwan. Please let us know by immediate return e-mail if a foreign filing license will be required in order for us to file this utility application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the tomorrow's deadline. Please also advise if a translation of the text must be provided to your office should a foreign filing license be required. In the event that the license cannot be obtained on short notice, is it possible for us to file a U.S. provisional application without benefit of a foreign filing license and then follow up with our utility application at a later date?
Answer: Since Taiwan does not adopt or require the foreign filing license system, you can file a US utility application without the obtainment of a foreign filing license from Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, even if the sole Taiwan inventor resides in Taiwan.
