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A. Specification, claims and drawings (if necessary)
B. Information Sheet
C. A certified copy of the priority document and translation
D. A Power of Attorney
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A. Request for Examination
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1. General Aspects
2. The Order of Examination
3. Amendments to be filed with the Request for Examination
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B. Laying-open of Applications
C. Preferential Examination
D. Amendments
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1. General Aspects
2. Possible Periods for Amendments
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a) Voluntary Amendments
b) With the Request for Examination
c) In Response to Official Actions
d) In Response to Oppositions
e) In Response to Final Rejection |
3. Extent of Amendments |
E. Preliminary Rejection Notice
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1. Types of Rejection Reasons
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a) Industrial Applicability
b) Lack of Novelty
c) Inventive Step or Non-Obviousness
d) Insufficient Disclosure
e) Lack of Unity of Invention
f) The Use of Improper and Inconsistent Terminologies
g) Lack of Reference Numerals in the Claims |
2. Interpretation of Rejection Reasons
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a) Lacking Novelty or Obviousness
b) Insufficient Disclosure or Formal Defects
c) Rejection of only Some of the Claims |
3. Response to be Filed
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a) Argument
i) Analysis of the Examiner's Reasons for Rejection
ii) Comparison of Claims with Citations
iii) Assertion of Unexpected effects
b) Amendments
i) Reducing the Scope of Claims
ii) Modifying or Deleting Claims
iii) Explaining the differences over the Prior Art
iv) New Matter |
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F. Decision for the Patent Grant
G. Options after Receiving Final Rejection
H. Registration Publication and Opposition
I. Types of Trials in Intellectual Tribunal of Korean Industrial Property Office
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1. Trial to confirm the Scope of a Patent Right
2. Trial for Invalidation of a Patent Right
3. Trial for Correction
4. Trial for Invalidation of Correction
5. Trial for Granting Non-exclusive License
6. Trial against Examiner's Final Rejection Decision
7. Trial against Examiner's Decision of Amendment Dismissal |
J. Re-examination before Trial
K. Appeal to the Patent Court
L. Duration
M. Registration
N. Appointment of Patent Administrator
O. Documents for Transfer of Ownership of Patent Application (or Patent)
P. License Grant |
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A. The term of duration
B. Subject Matter
C. Number of Independent claims
D. Inventive step and Novelty requirements
E. No Substantial Examination
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A. General Aspect
B. Procedure
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1. Investigation
2. Issuance of Warning Letters
3. Prevention of Infringement
a) Preliminary Injunction
b) Permanent Injunction
4. Criminal complaint for violation of KPA
5. Seizure of Infringing Products |
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