(1) A person specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, who initiates a patent-related procedure, shall apply for issuance of his or her identification number to the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the President of the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board.
(2) Upon receipt of an application under paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the President of the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board shall issue an identification number to the applicant and notify the applicant thereof.
(3) The Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the President of the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board shall, ex officio, issues an identification number to a person who initiates a patent-related procedure, if the person fails to apply for his or her identification number under paragraph (1), and shall notify the person thereof.
(4) A person issued his or her identification number under paragraph (2) or (3) shall state the identification number in the documents specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, when he or she takes a patent-related procedure. In such cases, he or she may elect not to state his or her domicile (if such person is a corporation, its place of business) in such documents, notwithstanding this Act or any order issued under this Act.
(5) Paragraphs (1) through (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to an agent of a person who takes a patent-related procedure.
(6) Filing applications for issuance of an identification number, and issuance and notification of an identification number, and other matters necessary for identification numbers shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]