In order to realize the protection of intellectual property rights in the ROC, and to attract patent applications from foreign businesses, the National Bureau of Standards at the Ministry of Economic Affairs has included in the bylaws of draft proposals for revisions of the nation's patent laws a point which will make it possible for overseas Chinese and foreigners to use foreign languages in documents pertaining to the initiation of patent applications here.
為了落實我國對智慧財產權的保護，及便利外商前來我國申請專利，經濟部中央標準局在新修訂的專利法施行細則草案中規定，今後外國人或華僑申請我國的專利時，有關文件可以用外國文字先行提出申請。