Success Patent & Trademark Office

Building actionable intellectual property strategies, grounded in technical understanding.

Success Patent & Trademark Office provides patent, trademark, and intellectual property services — helping businesses build a stable, manageable foundation of rights from R&D and brand naming through product launch and filings in Taiwan and abroad.

Core Services

Three Core Services

Intellectual property is not a one-time filing — it is an ongoing management discipline. We provide patent, trademark, and IP management support tailored to each stage of your case.

Patent Prosecution & Responses

We help clients organize technical content, structure claims, draft application documents, and handle office actions, amendments, appeals, and foreign filing coordination.

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Trademark Registration & Brand Protection

Trademark searches, applications, goods and services designation, refusal responses, oppositions and invalidations, and brand portfolio advice — reducing naming and registration risk.

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IP Strategy & Portfolio Management

We help businesses take stock of R&D output, set filing priorities, and manage deadlines for domestic and foreign cases — turning IP into a trackable management process, not just isolated filings.

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About Us

A long-term IP partner for SMEs and technology-driven clients

Based in Taipei's Zhongshan District, Success Patent & Trademark Office has long assisted businesses and brand owners with patent, trademark, and intellectual property matters. Our work goes beyond completing application documents — we clarify needs, identify risks, manage deadlines, and provide practical, actionable advice.

The firm is organized as a partnership, complemented by an affiliated company that provides extended services such as consulting, analysis, and case management — agency work is handled by the firm, and the remaining services by the company, under a clear division of roles.

A sound filing strategy sits at the intersection of technology, brand, market, and risk.

About the Firm
Reception area of Success Patent & Trademark Office
Our reception area, Zhongshan District, Taipei

10

Team members

4

Patent professionals

2

Trademark professionals

2

Partners

Services

Services Overview

Whether you are in early product development, choosing a brand name, responding to an office action, planning overseas filings, or building an internal IP management process, we can assist at every stage.

Patent Services

  • Filing strategy assessment
  • Invention, utility model, and design patent applications
  • Specification and claim drafting
  • Prior art searches and preliminary patentability analysis
  • Office action responses, amendments, and appeals
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Trademark Services

  • Trademark searches and registration risk assessment
  • Applications and goods/services designation
  • Refusal responses
  • Opposition, invalidation, and cancellation proceedings
  • Renewals, brand refresh, and portfolio advice
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IP Management & Advisory

  • Corporate IP audits
  • R&D output protection strategy
  • Pre-launch IP risk screening
  • Pre-naming clearance searches and risk briefing
  • Deadline and foreign associate management
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International Filing Coordination

  • Foreign patent filing coordination and management
  • Foreign trademark filing coordination and management
  • Priority claims and deadline verification
  • Translation and document preparation
  • Foreign associate liaison and quotation coordination
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Industries

Industries We Serve

Different industries have different IP needs. We help clients set priorities based on product life cycle, technology maturity, market expansion plans, and filing budget.

Technology & Manufacturing

What technology companies need is not filing volume, but filings that actually map to their products and R&D direction.

Semiconductor equipment Electronic components Communication devices Software & data processing AI & automation systems Machinery & manufacturing equipment Medical devices & health tech Consumer products

Brands & Consumer Markets

What brand businesses need is not just a good-sounding name, but a name that can be registered, used, and extended.

Food & beverage brands E-commerce brands Cultural & creative goods Retail & channel brands Education & consulting services Beauty & lifestyle brands Family business rebranding Startup brand building
“Intellectual property is not a stack of documents — it is an integrated judgment across technology, brand, timing, and risk.”
Success Patent & Trademark Office
Process

How We Work

We value early-stage communication. We typically begin by understanding your product, technology, brand, launch schedule, and budget before recommending a filing or handling approach.

1

Initial Consultation

Understand your technology, brand, timeline, goals, and budget

2

Search & Assessment

Prior art searches, similarity analysis, and strategy advice

3

Drafting

Specification, claims, or application documents with internal review

4

Filing & Responses

Official filing, deadline tracking, and office action responses

5

Maintenance

Issuance, renewals, annuities, and ongoing rights management

Our Team

Our Professional Team

Partners, patent professionals, trademark specialists, and a dedicated docketing and administration team — built around clear division of labor, deadline management, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

K

Michael M.-Y. Kao

Founding Partner
Mechanical & manufacturing

H

Jennifer C.-F. Hsu

Managing Partner
Trademark & IP management

T

Teresa Y.-T. Tang

Head of Patents
EE & semiconductors

T

Jonathan C.-H. Tsai

Senior Patent Engineer
Electronics & communications

L

Audrey Y.-A. Liang

Senior Trademark Specialist
Searches & portfolio strategy

Insights

Insights & Resources

Practical articles on patent filing, trademark protection, and corporate IP management — helping you get oriented before a consultation.

Have a patent, trademark, or brand protection need?

We recommend an initial assessment before your product is disclosed, launched, exhibited, pitched to investors, or your brand goes public. Share the basics through our contact form and we will help determine the appropriate next steps.