Patent Act Article 22
Substantial conditionsAn invention which is industrially applicable may be granted a patent upon application in accordance with this Act, except for the following:1. the invention was disclosed in a printed publication prior to the filing of the patent application;2. the invention was publicly exploited prior to the filing of the patent application; or3. the invention was publicly known prior to the filing of the patent application.An invention that is without the circumstances prescribed in the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph but can be easily made by a person ordinarily skilled in the art based on prior art shall not be patented .A disclosure made by or against the applicant’s will shall not be deemed as one of the circumstances that would preclude the grant of an invention patent prescribed in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 or the preceding paragraph, provided that the concerned patent application is filed within twelve (12) months after the date of the disclosure.For the publication in a gazette made in this country or a foreign country in accordance with the laws as the consequence of filing a patent application and made by the applicant’s will, the preceding paragraph is not applicable.
中文原文 專利法第22條
可供產業上利用之發明，無下列情事之一，得依本法申請取得發明專利：
一、申請前已見於刊物者。
二、申請前已公開實施者。
三、申請前已為公眾所知悉者。
發明雖無前項各款所列情事，但為其所屬技術領域中具有通常知識者依申請前之先前技術所能輕易完成時，仍不得取得發明專利。
申請人出於本意或非出於本意所致公開之事實發生後十二個月內申請者，該事實非屬第一項各款或前項不得取得發明專利之情事。
因申請專利而在我國或外國依法於公報上所為之公開係出於申請人本意者，不適用前項規定。
一、申請前已見於刊物者。
二、申請前已公開實施者。
三、申請前已為公眾所知悉者。
發明雖無前項各款所列情事，但為其所屬技術領域中具有通常知識者依申請前之先前技術所能輕易完成時，仍不得取得發明專利。
申請人出於本意或非出於本意所致公開之事實發生後十二個月內申請者，該事實非屬第一項各款或前項不得取得發明專利之情事。
因申請專利而在我國或外國依法於公報上所為之公開係出於申請人本意者，不適用前項規定。