Patent Act

특허법

Act · 지식재산처 · English text effective 2024-08-21 · Korean current 2025-11-11

Articles

• CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Article 1 Purpose
• Article 2 Definitions
• Article 3 Capacity to Act of Minors
• Article 4 Unincorporated Associations
• Article 5 Patent Administrators for Overseas Residents
• Article 6 Scope of Agency Authority
• Article 7 Verification of Agency Authority
• Article 7-2 Ratification of Acts of Persons Lacking Capacity to Act
• Article 8 Survival of Agency Authority
• Article 9 Independence of Representation
• Article 10 Orders to Appoint or Replace Agents
• Article 11 Representation by at Least Two Persons
• Article 12 Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Civil Procedure Act
• Article 13 Jurisdiction over Overseas Residents
• Article 14 Calculation of Periods
• Article 15 Extension of Periods
• Article 16 Invalidation of Procedure
• Article 17 Subsequent Completion of Procedure
• Article 18 Succession of Procedural Effects
• Article 19 Continuation of Procedure
• Article 20 Interruption of Procedure
• Article 21 Resumption of Interrupted Procedure
• Article 22 Applications for Resumption
• Article 23 Suspension of Procedure
• Article 24 Effects of Interruption or Suspension
• Article 25 Legal Capacity of Foreigners to Hold Rights
• Article 26 null
• Article 27 null
• Article 28 Effective Date of Submission of Documents
• Article 28-2 Entry of Identification Number
• Article 28-3 Procedures for Filing Patent Applications by Electronic Documents
• Article 28-4 Reporting on Use of Electronic Documents and Digital Signature
• Article 28-5 Notification via Information and Communications Networks
• CHAPTER II REQUIREMENTS FOR PATENT REGISTRATION AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
• Article 29 Requirements for Patent Registration
• Article 30 Inventions Not Deemed to Be Publicly Known
• Article 31 null
• Article 32 Unpatentable Inventions
• Article 33 Persons Entitled to Patent
• Article 34 Patent Applications Filed by Unentitled Persons and Protection of Legitimate Right-Holders
• Article 35 Patents Granted to Unentitled Persons and Protection of Legitimate Right-Holders
• Article 36 First-to-File Rule
• Article 37 Transfer of Entitlement to Patent
• Article 38 Succession to Entitlement to Patent
• Article 39 null
• Article 40 null
• Article 41 Inventions Necessary for National Defense
• Article 42 Patent Applications
• Article 42-2 Filing Date of Patent Application
• Article 42-3 Patent Applications in Foreign Language
• Article 43 Abstract
• Article 44 Joint Applications
• Article 45 Scope of Single Patent Application
• Article 46 Procedural Amendments
• Article 47 Amendments to Patent Applications
• Article 48 null
• Article 49 null
• Article 50 null
• Article 51 Rejection of Amendments
• Article 52 Divisional Patent Applications
• Article 52-2 Splitting-Off
• Article 53 Converted Applications
• Article 54 Priority Claims under Treaty
• Article 55 Priority Claims Based on Patent Applications
• Article 56 Withdrawal of Earlier Applications
• CHAPTER III EXAMINATIONS
• Article 57 Examinations by Examiners
• Article 58 Registration of Specialized Agencies
• Article 58-2 Revocation of Registration of Specialized Agencies
• Article 59 Requests for Examinations of Patent Applications
• Article 60 Procedure for Requesting Examinations
• Article 61 Accelerated Examinations
• Article 62 Determinations to Reject Patent Applications
• Article 63 Notice of Grounds for Rejection
• Article 63-2 Provision of Information about Patent Applications
• Article 63-3 Order to Submit Results of Examination in Foreign Countries
• Article 64 Laying-Open of Applications
• Article 65 Effects of Laying-Open of Applications
• Article 66 Decision to Grant Patent
• Article 66-2 Ex Officio Amendments
• Article 66-3 Ex Officio Re-Examination Subsequent to Decision to Grant Patent
• Article 67 Formalities for Decision on Patentability
• Article 67-2 Requests for Re-Examinations
• Article 67-3 Restoration of Patent Application
• Article 68 Application Mutatis Mutandis of Trial-Related Provisions to Examination
• Article 69 null
• Article 70 null
• Article 71 null
• Article 72 null
• Article 73 null
• Article 74 null
• Article 75 null
• Article 76 null
• Article 77 null
• Article 78 Suspension of Examination or Litigation Procedures
• Article 78-2 null
• CHAPTER IV PATENT FEES AND PATENT REGISTRATION
• Article 79 Patent Fees
• Article 80 Payment of Patent Fees by Interested Party
• Article 81 Late Payment of Patent Fees
• Article 81-2 Payment of Under-Paid Patent Fees
• Article 81-3 Reinstatement of Patent Applications or Patents by Making Late Payment of Patent Fees or Payment of Under-Paid Patent Fees
• Article 82 Official Fees
• Article 83 Exemption from or Reduction of Patent Fees or Official Fees
• Article 84 Refunds of Patent Fees
• Article 85 Patent Register
• Article 86 Issuance of Patent Registration Certificates
• CHAPTER V PATENT RIGHTS
• Article 87 Registration of Grant of Patents and Publication of Registration
• Article 88 Term of Patents
• Article 89 Extension of Patent Terms by Permission
• Article 90 Applications for Registration of Extended Patent Terms by Permission
• Article 91 Determination to Reject Applications for Registration of Extended Patent Terms by Permission
• Article 92 Determination to Register Extended Patent Terms by Permission
• Article 92-2 Extension of Term of Patent Rights Following Delayed Registration
• Article 92-3 Application to Register Extension of Term of Patent Rights Following Delayed Registration
• Article 92-4 Decision to Reject Application for Registration of Extension of Term of Patent Rights Following Delayed Registration
• Article 92-5 Decision to Register Extension of Term of Patent Rights Following Delayed Registration
• Article 93 Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis
• Article 94 Effects of Patents
• Article 95 Effects of Patents with Extended Term by Permission
• Article 96 Limitations on Effects of Patents
• Article 97 Scope of Protection of Patented Inventions
• Article 98 Relationships to Others' Patented Inventions
• Article 99 Transfer and Joint Ownership of Patents
• Article 99-2 Claim for Transfer of Patents
• Article 100 Exclusive Licenses
• Article 101 Effects of Registration of Patents and Exclusive Licenses
• Article 102 Non-Exclusive Licenses
• Article 103 Non-Exclusive Licenses Based on Prior Use
• Article 103-2 Non-Exclusive Licenses Arising from Use Prior to Registration of Transfer upon Claim for Transfer of Patents
• Article 104 Non-Exclusive Licenses Based on Practicing Prior to Registration of Petitions for Trial on Invalidity
• Article 105 Non-Exclusive Licenses after Expiration of Design Rights
• Article 106 Expropriation of Patents
• Article 106-2 Practice of Patented Inventions by the Government
• Article 107 Adjudication on Grant of Non-Exclusive Licenses
• Article 108 Submission of Responses
• Article 109 Seeking Opinions from the Committee for Mediation of Disputes over Industrial Property Rights and from Heads of Related Ministries and Administrative Agencies
• Article 110 Formalities of Adjudication
• Article 111 Service of Certified Copies of Adjudications
• Article 111-2 Amendment of Written Adjudication
• Article 112 Deposit of Consideration
• Article 113 Annulment of Adjudication
• Article 114 Revocation of Adjudication
• Article 115 Restrictions on Grounds for Objection to Adjudication
• Article 116 null
• Article 117 null
• Article 118 Effects of Registration of Non-Exclusive Licenses
• Article 119 Restrictions on Abandonment of Patents
• Article 120 Effects of Abandonment
• Article 121 Pledge Rights
• Article 122 Non-Exclusive Licenses Subsequent to Transfer of Patents by Exercise of Pledge Rights
• Article 123 Subrogation of Pledge Rights
• Article 124 Extinguishment of Patents in Absence of Heirs
• Article 125 Reporting on Practice of Patents
• Article 125-2 Title of Practice on Compensation and Consideration
• CHAPTER VI PROTECTION OF PATENTEES
• Article 126 Rights to Seek Injunction against Infringement
• Article 126-2 Obligation to Present Specific Type of Behavior
• Article 127 Acts Deemed Infringement
• Article 128 Claim for Compensation for Loss
• Article 128-2 Duty of Explaining Matters for Appraisal
• Article 129 Presumption of Manufacturing Process
• Article 130 Presumption of Negligence
• Article 131 Reinstatement of Reputation of Patentee
• Article 132 Submission of Materials
• CHAPTER VI-2 PETITION FOR REVOKING PATENTS
• Article 132-2 Petitions for Revoking Patents
• Article 132-3 Correction of Patents in Process of Petitioning for Revoking Patents
• Article 132-4 Methods for Filing Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-5 Amendment or Dismissal of Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-6 Decision to Dismiss Unamendable Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-7 Collegiate Tribunal for Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-8 Methods of Hearings
• Article 132-9 Intervention
• Article 132-10 Ex Officio Examination in Hearings on Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-11 Joinder or Separation of Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-12 Withdrawal of Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-13 Decision on Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-14 Methods of Rendering Decision on Petitions for Patent Revocation
• Article 132-15 Application Mutatis Mutandis of Trial-Related Provisions to Petitions for Patent Revocation
• CHAPTER VII TRIAL
• Article 132-16 The Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board
• Article 132-17 Trial on Rulings Rejecting Patent Applications
• Article 133 Trial on Invalidity of Patents
• Article 133-2 Correction of Patents during Trial for Invalidation of Patents
• Article 134 Trial to Invalidate Registration for Extension of Patents
• Article 135 Trial to Confirm Scope of Rights
• Article 136 Trial for Corrections
• Article 137 Trial to Invalidate Corrections
• Article 138 Trial for Grant of Non-Exclusive Licenses
• Article 139 Joint Petitions for Trial
• Article 139-2 Court-Appointed Agent
• Article 140 Formalities of Petitions for Trial
• Article 140-2 Formalities of Petitions for Trial on Rulings Rejecting Patent Applications
• Article 141 Dismissal of Petitions for Trial
• Article 142 Trial Rulings Rejecting Petitions for Trial with Incurable Defects
• Article 143 Administrative Patent Judges
• Article 144 Designation of Administrative Patent Judges
• Article 145 Presiding Judges
• Article 146 Board for Trial
• Article 147 Submission of Written Response
• Article 148 Exclusion of Administrative Patent Judges
• Article 149 Motion for Exclusion
• Article 150 Challenge against Administrative Patent Judges
• Article 151 Vindication of Exclusion or Challenge
• Article 152 Rulings on Motion for Exclusion or Challenge
• Article 153 Suspension of Trial Proceedings
• Article 153-2 Administrative Patent Judges’ Refrainment
• Article 154 Hearings
• Article 154-2 Professional Examiners
• Article 154-3 Submission of Written Opinions of Expert Witnesses
• Article 155 Intervention
• Article 156 Petitions for Intervention and Rulings Thereon
• Article 157 Examination and Preservation of Evidence
• Article 158 Continuation of Trial Proceedings
• Article 158-2 Principle of Timely Presentation
• Article 159 Ex Officio Examination
• Article 160 Joinder or Separation of Hearings or Trial Rulings
• Article 161 Withdrawal of Petitions for Trial
• Article 162 Trial Rulings
• Article 163 Res Judicata
• Article 164 Relationship to Litigation
• Article 164-2 Referral to Mediation Committee
• Article 165 Costs of Trial
• Article 166 Title of Enforcement of Trial Costs or Consideration
• Article 167 null
• Article 168 null
• Article 169 null
• Article 170 Application Mutatis Mutandis of Examination-Related Provisions to Trial on Ruling Rejecting Patent Applications
• Article 171 Special Provisions of Trial against Rulings Rejecting Patent Applications
• Article 172 Effects of Examinations
• Article 173 null
• Article 174 null
• Article 175 null
• Article 176 Revocation of Ruling Rejecting Patent Applications
• Article 177 null
• CHAPTER VIII RETRIAL
• Article 178 Petitions for Retrial
• Article 179 Third Party's Petitions for Retrial
• Article 180 Period for Filing Petitions for Retrial
• Article 181 Restrictions on Effects of Patents Reinstated by Retrial
• Article 182 Non-Exclusive Licenses for Prior Users of Patent Reinstated through Retrial
• Article 183 Non-Exclusive Licenses for Former Right-Holders, Deprived of Non-Exclusive Licenses by Retrial
• Article 184 Application Mutatis Mutandis of Trial-Related Provisions to Retrial
• Article 185 Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Civil Procedure Act
• CHAPTER IX LITIGATION
• Article 186 Legal Proceedings against Trial Rulings
• Article 187 Standing to Be Sued
• Article 188 Notification of Legal Proceedings and Service of Certified Copy of Written Judgment
• Article 188-2 Exclusion, Challenge, or Refrainment of Technical Examiners
• Article 189 Revocation of Trial Rulings or Decisions
• Article 190 Legal Proceedings against Decisions on Compensation or Consideration
• Article 191 Defendants in Legal Proceedings on Compensation or Consideration
• Article 191-2 Patent Attorney’s Fees and Costs of Litigation
• CHAPTER X INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
• SECTION 1 International Application Procedures
• Article 192 Persons Eligible to File International Applications
• Article 193 International Applications
• Article 194 Recognition of International Filing Date
• Article 195 Orders to Amend
• Article 196 International Applications Deemed Withdrawn
• Article 197 Representative
• Article 198 Official Fees
• Article 198-2 International Searches and International Preliminary Examination
• SECTION 2 Special Provisions concerning International Patent Applications
• Article 199 Patent Applications Based on International Applications
• Article 200 Special Provisions concerning Inventions Not Deemed Publicly Known
• Article 200-2 Applications Substituted by International Patent Applications
• Article 201 Korean Translations of International Patent Applications
• Article 202 Special Provisions concerning Priority Claims by Patent Applications
• Article 203 Submission of Documents
• Article 204 Amendments after Receipt of International Search Reports
• Article 205 Amendments before Preparation of International Preliminary Examination Reports
• Article 206 Special Provisions concerning Patent Administrators for Overseas Residents
• Article 207 Special Provisions concerning Timing and Effects of Laying Open Applications
• Article 208 Special Provisions concerning Amendments
• Article 209 Restrictions on Timing for Converted Applications
• Article 210 Restrictions on Timing for Filing Requests for Examination of Applications
• Article 211 Orders to Submit References Cited in International Search Reports
• Article 212 null
• Article 213 null
• Article 214 International Applications Decided as Patent Applications
• CHAPTER XI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
• Article 215 Special Provisions concerning Patents or Patent Rights with at Least Two Claims
• Article 215-2 Special Provisions concerning Registration of Patent Applications with at Least Two Claims
• Article 216 Inspection of Documents
• Article 217 Prohibition of Disclosure and Appraisal of Documents Relating to Patent Applications
• Article 217-2 null
• Article 218 Service of Documents
• Article 219 Public Notice in Lieu of Service
• Article 220 Service on Overseas Residents
• Article 221 Patent Gazette
• Article 222 Submission of Documents
• Article 223 Indication of Patent or Patent Pending
• Article 224 Prohibition of False Indication
• Article 224-2 Unappealability
• Article 224-3 Orders to Maintain Confidentiality
• Article 224-4 Revocation of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality
• Article 224-5 Notice on Request for Inspection of Litigation Records
• CHAPTER XII PENALTY PROVISIONS
• Article 225 Infringement
• Article 226 Divulgence of Confidential Information
• Article 226-2 Executive Officers and Employees of Specialized Agencies Deemed Public Officials
• Article 227 Perjury
• Article 228 False Indication
• Article 229 Fraud
• Article 229-2 Breaches of Orders to Maintain Confidentiality
• Article 230 Joint Penalty Provisions
• Article 231 Confiscation
• Article 232 Administrative Fines

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