Patent Act — Article 8 (Survival of Agency Authority)

The agency authority granted to an agent by a person who initiates a patent-related procedure shall survive even in any of the following events:

1. The principal’s death or loss of capacity to act;

2. The corporate principal’s dissolution in the course of a merger;

3. The termination of the principal’s duty as a trustee;

4. The legal representative’s death or loss of legal capacity to act;

5. The termination of, or a change in, the legal representative’s agency authority.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]