Patent Act Article 27
Deposit of biological materialWhen filing a patent application for invention involving a biological material or utilization thereof, the applicant shall, no later than the filing date, make a deposit of the biological material with a domestic depository designated by the Specific Patent Agency. No deposit is required if the biological material involved can be easily obtained by a person having ordinary skill in the art.An applicant shall, within four (4) months after the filing date of patent application, submit to the Specific Patent Agency a certificate of deposit, indicating the depository, date of deposit and deposit number. If such a document is not submitted within the specified time period, the deposit shall be deemed not to have been made.Where priority is claimed pursuant to Article 28, the specified time period set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be within sixteen (16) months after the earliest priority date.In the event that, prior to filing the patent application for an invention, the biological material concerned has been deposited in a foreign depository recognized by the Specific Patent Agency, and where the certificate of deposit issued by the designated domestic depository and the foreign depository has been provided within the time period prescribed in Paragraph 2 or the preceding paragraph, the applicant is exempted from the requirement of making a deposit no later than the filing date, as set forth in Paragraph 1.If an applicant has deposited the biological material in a depository designated by a foreign country in its territory with which the ROC recognizes the effects of deposits based on reciprocity, and if the applicant has submitted the certificate(s) of deposit issued by the said foreign depository within the time period prescribed in Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 3, the applicant is exempted from the requirement of making a deposit in the ROC.The competent authority shall stipulate regulations on the requirements for accession, types, forms, quantities of deposits of biological materials, deposit fees, and other matters in connection with making deposits set forth in Paragraph 1.
中文原文 專利法第27條
申請生物材料或利用生物材料之發明專利，申請人最遲應於申請日將該生物材料寄存於專利專責機關指定之國內寄存機構。
但該生物材料為所屬技術領域中具有通常知識者易於獲得時，不須寄存。
申請人應於申請日後四個月內檢送寄存證明文件，並載明寄存機構、寄存日期及寄存號碼；屆期未檢送者，視為未寄存。
前項期間，如依第二十八條規定主張優先權者，為最早之優先權日後十六個月內。
申請前如已於專利專責機關認可之國外寄存機構寄存，並於第二項或前項規定之期間內，檢送寄存於專利專責機關指定之國內寄存機構之證明文件及國外寄存機構出具之證明文件者，不受第一項最遲應於申請日在國內寄存之限制。
申請人在與中華民國有相互承認寄存效力之外國所指定其國內之寄存機構寄存，並於第二項或第三項規定之期間內，檢送該寄存機構出具之證明文件者，不受應在國內寄存之限制。
第一項生物材料寄存之受理要件、種類、型式、數量、收費費率及其他寄存執行之辦法，由主管機關定之。
但該生物材料為所屬技術領域中具有通常知識者易於獲得時，不須寄存。
申請人應於申請日後四個月內檢送寄存證明文件，並載明寄存機構、寄存日期及寄存號碼；屆期未檢送者，視為未寄存。
前項期間，如依第二十八條規定主張優先權者，為最早之優先權日後十六個月內。
申請前如已於專利專責機關認可之國外寄存機構寄存，並於第二項或前項規定之期間內，檢送寄存於專利專責機關指定之國內寄存機構之證明文件及國外寄存機構出具之證明文件者，不受第一項最遲應於申請日在國內寄存之限制。
申請人在與中華民國有相互承認寄存效力之外國所指定其國內之寄存機構寄存，並於第二項或第三項規定之期間內，檢送該寄存機構出具之證明文件者，不受應在國內寄存之限制。
第一項生物材料寄存之受理要件、種類、型式、數量、收費費率及其他寄存執行之辦法，由主管機關定之。