Regulations Governing the Determination of Patent Term Extension Article 6

Regarding agrichemicals or their manufacturing procedures, the periods of time allowable in a request for patent term extension include:1. the period of domestic and/or foreign field tests conducted for obtaining an agrichemical approval from the central competent authority in charge of the business; and2. the examination period for domestic regulatory approval;The “domestic and/or foreign field tests” referred to in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph shall be limited to those sent by the Specific Patent Agency to the central competent authority in charge of the business and confirmed to be necessary by the latter for issuing agrichemical approval.Where the request for patent term extension is made pursuant to Paragraph 1, the time period attributable to the requester’s omission of act, the overlapping time period between domestic and foreign field tests, and the overlapping time period between field tests and examination period of regulatory approval, shall be deducted from the period to be granted extension.