In any of the following cases, a patent-related procedure pending before the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board shall be interrupted: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply where an agent has been authorized to continue the procedure:
1. If the relevant party dies;
2. If the relevant corporate party dissolves in the course of a merger;
3. If the relevant party loses the capacity to perform the procedure;
4. If the party’s legal representative dies or loses the agency authority;
5. If the duty of a trustee of the party terminates;
6. If the representative appointed under the proviso of Article 11 (1), with the exception of the subparagraphs, dies or becomes disqualified;
7. If a bankruptcy trustee or a person who has intervened in the procedure for another person in his or her name with a certain qualification becomes disqualified or dies.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]