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IP/N/1/KOR/P/11  
IP/N/1/KOR/E/10  
 
24 January 2020  
(20-0606)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF KOREA : ENFORCEMENT DECREE O F THE PATENT ACT  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act  (Presidential Decree No.24491 ) 
Subject matter  Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/KOR/20_0307_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/KOR /E/6 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
1.  The scope of inventions allowed to register a patent term extension shall be clearly specified, 
such as medicines and agricultural chemicals.  
 
2.  Due to the high expertise required for patent trials and appeals, related appointments shall 
be designated as open positions filled through public job announcements.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  3 April 2013  
Other date    IP/N/1/KOR/10 • IP/N/1/KOR/P/11 • IP/N/1/KOR/E/10  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 December 2019  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Multilateral Affairs Division 
(kipomla@korea.kr ) 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.                                                  