(1) Notwithstanding Article 47 (1), no international patent application may be amended (excluding amendments under Articles 204 (2) and 205 (2)), unless all of the following requirements are satisfied: <Amended on Jun. 11, 2014>
1. Official fees are to be fully paid under Article 82 (1);
2. A Korean translation is to be submitted under Article 201 (1): Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to an international patent application filed in Korean;
3. The reference date shall have passed (referring to the filing date of a request for examination of the application, if the filing date of a request for examination of an application is the reference date).
(2) Deleted. <Feb. 3, 2001>
(3) When the former part of Article 47 (2) applies to the amendable scope of an international patent application filed in a foreign language, "specification or drawings initially accompanying the earlier application" shall be construed as "description of the invention, the scope of claims, or drawings submitted by the international filing date". <Amended on Jun. 11, 2014>
(4) Where the latter part of Article 47 (2) applies to the amendable scope of an international patent application filed in a foreign language, "patent application in a foreign language" shall be construed as "international patent application in a foreign language", and "final Korean translation (referring to the corrected Korean translation, if a correction is made under the former part of Article 42-3 (6)) or the drawings (excluding captions in the drawings) initially accompanying the earlier application" as "final Korean translation under Article 201 (5) (referring to the corrected Korean translation, if a correction is made under the former part of Article 201 (6)) or the drawings (excluding captions in the drawings) submitted by the international filing date", respectively. <Newly Inserted on Jun. 11, 2014>
(5) Deleted. <Feb. 3, 2001>[Title Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]