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Patent Act — Article 132-14 (Methods of Rendering Decision on Petitions for Patent Revocation)

특허법 제132조의14

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.

(1) A decision on a petition for patent revocation shall be rendered in a document, declaring the following matters, and the administrative patent judges who render the decision shall print their names and affix their seals on the document:

1. Case number of the petition for revoking the patent;

2. Names and addresses of the petitioner for revoking the patent, the patentee, and intervenors (the name and place of business of the corporation, if any of them is a corporation);

3. The name and the domicile or place of business of an agent, if a party or intervenor is represented by an agent (if the agent is a patent firm or a limited-liability patent firm, its name and place of business, and the name of the patent attorney designated for the case);

4. Descriptions of the patent related to the decision;

5. Conclusion of, and reasons for, the decision;

6. Date of the decision.

(2) When a decision is rendered with respect to a petition for patent revocation, the presiding judge shall serve a certified copy of the decision respectively to the petitioner for revoking the patent, the patentee, intervenors, and the persons who filed a petition for intervening in hearings on the petition for revoking the patent but had the petition rejected.[This Article Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2016]

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