(1) An applicant who has filed an international patent application in a foreign language shall submit, to the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, a Korean translation of the following documents within two years and seven months from the priority date (hereinafter referred as "priority date") defined under Article 2 (xi) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (hereinafter referred to as "period for submitting domestic documents"): Provided, That if an applicant has submitted a document under Article 203 (1) to request the extension of the period for submitting the Korean translation, during the period commencing one month before the expiration of the period for submitting domestic documents until the expiration of the period (excluding where a Korean translation is submitted before submitting the document), the Korean translation may be submitted by not later than one month from the expiration of the period for submitting domestic documents:
1. A Korean translation of a description of the invention, claims, and drawings (limited to the captions in the drawings) submitted by the international filing date;
2. A Korean translation of the abstract of the international patent application.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if an applicant who filed an international patent application in a foreign language has amended any of the claims under Article 19 (1) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the applicant may submit a Korean translation of the amended claims in lieu of the Korean translation of the claims filed by the international filing date.
(3) An applicant who has submitted a Korean translation under paragraph (1) may submit a new translation replacing such Korean translation during the period for submitting domestic documents (referring to an extension for submitting domestic documents, if the applicant has submitted the statement of his or her intention under the proviso of paragraph (1); the same shall apply hereafter in this Article): Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply where the applicant has filed a request for examination of the application.
(4) If an applicant referred to in paragraph (1) fails to submit a Korean translation of a description of the invention and the claims under paragraph (1) within the period for submitting domestic documents, the applicant shall be deemed to have withdrawn his or her international patent application.
(5) If a patent applicant submits a Korean translation (referring to the last submitted Korean translation, if a subsequent Korean translation has been submitted under the main clause of paragraph (3); hereafter referred to as "final Korean translation" in this Article) of a description of the invention, claims, or drawings (limited to the captions in the drawings) under paragraph (1) by the last date of the period for submitting domestic documents (referring to the filing date of a petition, if the patent applicant files a request for examination of the application during the period for submitting domestic documents; hereinafter referred to as "reference date"), the patent applicant shall be deemed to amend the description of the invention, claims, or drawings on the international filing date under Article 47 (1) according to a final Korean translation.
(6) A patent applicant may correct any error in a final Korean translation in the manner prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy during the period in which the patent applicant is permitted to make amendments under Article 47 (1) or 208 (1). In such cases, paragraph (5) shall not apply to a corrected Korean translation.
(7) If a correction is made during the period specified in Article 47(1) 1 or 2 pursuant to the former part of paragraph (6), all corrections made prior to the last correction shall be deemed to have never existed. <Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2016>
(8) Article 204 (1) and (2) shall not apply where a Korean translation of the amended claims is submitted under paragraph (2). <Amended on Feb. 29, 2016>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]