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Countries IP system
Korean patent and trademark system
Invention patent
- Patent term: 20 years starting from filing date
- Document required: Specification and drawings
- Patent prosecution:
- Investigation examination procedure
- Patent publications will take place 18 months after the filing date (priority date)
- Formal examinations should take place within 3years from filling date (priority date)
Utility model patent
- Patent term:
10 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification, drawings, and power of attorney - Patent prosecution:
Investigation examination procedure
Design patent
- Patent term:
15 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification, drawings, and power of attorney - Maintenance fee:
First year payment will be on the filing date, from second year and after will be annual payment
Trademark
- Trademark term:
10 years from register date, renewal for every 10 years term - Trademark type:
Trademarks and service marks - Document required:
Words/logo, merchandise detail (no power of attorney required) - Usage term:
Trademark has not been use for 3 consecutive years will be revoke. - Renewal term:
Renewal 6 month before expires date.