| (1) | At the request of any person who has domestically developed a new electric technology for the first time or has innovated an electric technology of foreign origin to the point that it is judged domestically new, advanced and applicable on site, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy may designate such electric technology as new electric technology and publish its designation. |
| (2) | The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy may protect the new electric technology that is designated and published under paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "new electric technology") by helping any person who has developed or innovated the new electric technology receive royalties therefor, encouraging any ordering person to perform a construction work on a trial basis in which the performance of equipment, etc. related to the new electric technology and the method, etc. of performing such construction work using the new electric technology are tested and urging a preferential application of the new electric technology that turns out to be excellent as a result of the construction work performed on a trial basis. |
| (3) | Necessary matters concerning the method of evaluation and procedure for designation for an electric technology that needs to be designated as a new electric technology, details of how to protect, royalties, protection period and ways to encourage wide use of new electric technology, etc. shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Added by Act No. 6673, Mar. 25, 2002]