Patent Act — Article 209 (Restrictions on Timing for Converted Applications)

Notwithstanding Article 53 (1) of this Act, if an applicant intends to convert his or her international application deemed an application for registering a utility model filed on the international filing date under Article 34 (1) of the Utility Model Act into a patent application, he or she may do so only after he or she fully pays the official fees under Article 17 (1) of the Utility Model Act, and submits the Korean translation (not applicable to an international application for registering a utility model filed in Korean) under Article 35 (1) of the same Act (or after a decision is rendered under Article 40 (4) of the Utility Model Act, if the converted international application is deemed filed on the date that would have been recognized as the international filing date under the same paragraph of the same Act).[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]