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October 2009
October 2009Super-Highway Patent Examination within one month implemented starting October 1, 2009.
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has adopted super-high speed patent examination system under which a first office action issues within one month from the request for the super-highway examination. The system has been effective as from October 1, 2009.
The purpose of the system is to support low carbon green growth. Green technology needs expedited realization of patent rights to occupy the market first and make possible expedient industrialization. The ultimate goal of super-highway patent examination is securing of the world's patent rights and occupying the world's green market. Thus, the KIPO's patent examination capacity will mainly focus on securing early patent rights on green technology.
To enjoy super-highway patent examination, a patent application must satisfy the following three conditions.
| (1) | First, the invention for a patent application should fall within one of the technologies provided under Art. 4, Par. 2, Subpar. of the Preferred Patent Examination Guideline. For example, environment or water contamination prevention facility is one of the technologies provided, and they are set forth in detail in Attachment 1 below. |
| (2) | Second, the patent applicant has to request a prior art search to the patent search organization approved by the KIPO according to Patent law Art. 58, Para. 1. The organization sends prior art search report to the KIPO. The organization includes Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS), WIPS, and IP Solution. |
| (3) | Last, the applicant has to file a super-highway examination request to the KIPO using electronic application. |
A first office action will issue within 1 month from the super-highway patent examination request date while a normal preferred examination and ordinary patent examination will take 3 and 18 months, respectively.
[Attachment 1] Green Technology Super-Highway Patent Examination
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One of the following applications is applicable for Super-Highway Patent Examination according to Guideline Art. 4, Par. 2, Subpar.
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Examples of Green Technology Related Technologies
| Green Technology | Related Technology Example |
| New Renewable Energy |
Solar Battery, Hydrogen·Fuel battery, Bio-energy(Bio-diesel, Bio-ethanol, Bio-gas, BtL), Oceanic Energy(Tidal energy, Current energy, Wave energy, Seawater temperature variation use), Wind energy, Geothermal energy, Hydraulic energy, Waste, etc. |
| Carbon Reduction Energy |
Carbon Capture Storage (CCS), Nuclear energy, Nuclear fusion, Technology improving fossil fuel efficiency, Non-CO2(Carbon dioxide excluded) disposal technology, etc. |
| High Powered Water Handling |
Smart waterworks (Low energy filtering film, Smart filtration film purification, etc.), Drainage·Waste water disposal, Seawater/ Freshwater, Aquatic ecosystem restoration, Underground soil water restoration, etc. |
| LED Application |
Eco LED, LED Smart Module, LED lighting, etc. |
| Green Transportation System |
Green car (Hybrid car, Plug-in hybrid car, Clean diesel car, Fuel battery car, etc.), WISE Ship (Futuristic environment friendly vessel, Leisure boat), Cutting-edge railroad (Ultra-high speed train, Tilting train, Magnetic levitation train), Bicycle, etc. |
| Cutting-edge Green City |
Ubiquitous city(U-City), Intelligent transport system [ITS], Geographic information system(GIS), Low energy environment friendly housing, etc. |
Green Technology Super-Highway Patent Examination [Guideline Article 4, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph (8)] Evidentiary Document
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Application, as directly related to green technology, that has received financial support or certification from the government |
Document applicable to one of the following:
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