Regulations Governing the Implementation of Filing Patent Applications and Services by Electronic Means Article 2
The terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows:1. Electronic patent application: the transmission of application documents using the hardware and software information equipment designated by the Specific Patent Agency.2. User: the applicant or the agent thereof who files an electronic patent application.3. Electronic patent application documents: the application form that the user fills out and submits in accordance with the form for electronic patent application prescribed by the Specific Patent Agency and other electronic files attached.4. Electronic transmission: the transmission with which the user submits the electronic patent application documents to the information system provided by the Specific Patent Agency through the Internet.5. Information system: a system that generates, sends, receives, stores, or otherwise processes information or data in electronic form.6. Electronic certificate: a valid electronic attestation issued by a certification service provider qualified pursuant to the Electronic Signatures Act.7. Digital signature: the digital signature as prescribed under the Electronic Signatures Act.8. Electronic official documents: Various official documents made by the Specific Patent Agency by electronic means during patent application and other procedures thereof.9. Recipient of service of documents: the person filing a patent application or other procedures by hard copy or electronic means who agrees on electronic service of official documents by the Specific Patent Agency.10. Electronic service: Electronic official documents transmitted to the electronic official document downloading platform by the Specific Patent Agency and downloaded by the recipient of service of documents.11. Electronic official document downloading platform: the information system provided by the Specific Patent Agency for the recipient of service of documents to download electronic official documents.
中文原文 專利電子申請及電子送達實施辦法第2條
本辦法用詞定義如下：
一、專利電子申請：指使用專利專責機關所規定之軟硬體資訊設備傳送專利電子申請文件。
二、使用人：指為專利電子申請之專利申請人或其代理人。
三、專利電子申請文件：指使用人依專利專責機關所規定之專利電子申請表單所填寫之申請書及其所附之電子檔。
四、電子傳達：指使用人利用網際網路之方式，將專利電子申請文件傳送至專利專責機關之資訊系統。
五、資訊系統：指產生、送出、收受、儲存或其他處理電子形式訊息資料之系統。
六、電子憑證：指依電子簽章法許可之憑證機構簽發之有效憑證。
七、數位簽章：指依電子簽章法規定之數位簽章。
八、電子公文：指專利專責機關於專利申請及其相關程序中，以電子方式作成之各式公文書。
九、受送達人：指以紙本或電子方式為專利申請及其相關程序，同意專利專責機關為電子送達之人。
十、電子送達：指專利專責機關將電子公文傳送至電子公文下載平台，並經受送達人下載該電子公文。
十一、電子公文下載平台：指專利專責機關提供受送達人下載電子公文之資訊系統。
一、專利電子申請：指使用專利專責機關所規定之軟硬體資訊設備傳送專利電子申請文件。
二、使用人：指為專利電子申請之專利申請人或其代理人。
三、專利電子申請文件：指使用人依專利專責機關所規定之專利電子申請表單所填寫之申請書及其所附之電子檔。
四、電子傳達：指使用人利用網際網路之方式，將專利電子申請文件傳送至專利專責機關之資訊系統。
五、資訊系統：指產生、送出、收受、儲存或其他處理電子形式訊息資料之系統。
六、電子憑證：指依電子簽章法許可之憑證機構簽發之有效憑證。
七、數位簽章：指依電子簽章法規定之數位簽章。
八、電子公文：指專利專責機關於專利申請及其相關程序中，以電子方式作成之各式公文書。
九、受送達人：指以紙本或電子方式為專利申請及其相關程序，同意專利專責機關為電子送達之人。
十、電子送達：指專利專責機關將電子公文傳送至電子公文下載平台，並經受送達人下載該電子公文。
十一、電子公文下載平台：指專利專責機關提供受送達人下載電子公文之資訊系統。