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Patent Act — Article 129 (Presumption of Manufacturing Process)

특허법 제129조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-08-21. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2025-11-11) — check the Korean original.

Where a patent has been granted for inventing a manufacturing process of a product, any product identical to the product shall be deemed manufactured by the patented process: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to any of the following:

1. A product that has been publicly known or practiced in the Republic of Korea prior to the filing of the patent application;

2. A product that has been published in a publication distributed in the Republic of Korea or in any foreign country or has been disclosed to the public domain through telecommunication lines prior to the filing of the patent application.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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