No. 6766
Promulgation Date 2002-12-11
Ministry of Intellectual Property
ALL
CHAPTER Ⅰ GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Invalidation of Procedure)
Article 3-2 (Scope of Powers of Attorneys)
Article 3-3 (Representation of Two or More Persons)
Article 4 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅱ REQUIREMENTS FOR UTILITY MODELS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR
Article 5 (Requirements for Utility Models)
Article 6 (Devices Deemed to be Not Known, etc.)
Article 7 (Unregistrable Devices)
Article 8 (First-to-File Rule)
Article 9 (Application for Utility Model Registration)
Article 10 (Scope of One Utility Model Application)
Article 11 (Amendment of Procedure)
Article 12 (Examination of Basic Requirement and Rejection of Application)
Article 13 (Amendment of Utility Model Application, etc.)
Article 14 (Scope of Allowable Amendment to Specification, etc.)
Article 15 (Treatment to the Amendments of Dual Application, etc.)
Article 16 (Division of Utility Model Application)
Article 17 (Dual Application)
Article 18 (Priority Claim Based on Utility Model Application etc.)
Article 19 (Withdrawal of Earlier Application, etc.)
Article 20 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅲ TECHNICAL EVALUATION
Article 21 (Request for Technical Evaluation of Utility Models)
Article 22 (Technical Evaluation by Examiner)
Article 23 (Publication of Request for Technical Evaluation)
Article 24 (Prior Art Search, etc.)
Article 25 (Decision on Request for Technical Evaluation)
Article 26 (Manner of Decision on Request for Technical Evaluation)
Article 27 (Correction of Utility Model Registration in Technical Evaluation Proceedings)
Article 28 (Suspension of Technical Evaluation Proceedings)
Article 28-2 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅳ REGISTRATION FEES AND UTILITY MODEL REGISTRATION, ETC.
Article 29 (Registration Fees)
Article 29-2 (Late Payment, etc. of Registration Fees)
Article 29-3 (Supplement of Registration Fees)
Article 29-4 (Restoration of Utility Model Right by Late Payment or Supplement of Registration Fees)
Article 30 (Official Fees)
Article 31 (Refund of Registration Fees, etc.)
Article 32 (Utility Model Register)
Article 33 (Issuance of Utility Model Registration Certificate)
Article 34 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅴ UTILITY MODEL RIGHT
Article 35 (Registration of Establishment of Utility Model Right and Publication of Registration)
Article 36 (Term of Utility Model Right)
Article 37 (Effects of Utility Model Right)
Article 38 (Limitations on Utility Model Right)
Article 39 (Relation to Registered Utility Model, and the like, of Another Person’s)
Article 40 (Non-exclusive License Due to Working Prior to Registration of Request for Invalidation Trial)
Article 41 (Non-exclusive License after Expiration of Design Right)
Article 42 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅵ PROTECTION OF OWNER OF UTILITY MODEL RIGHT
Article 43 (Acts Deemed to be Infringement)
Article 44 (Presentation of Copy of Certificate of Decision of Maintenance for Utility Model Registration)
Article 45 (Liability of Owner of Utility Model Right)
Article 46 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅶ OPPOSITION TO REGISTRATION OF UTILITY MODEL
Article 47 (Opposition to Registration of Utility Model)
Article 48 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅷ TRIALS, RETRIALS AND LITIGATION
Article 49 (Trial for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration)
Article 49-2 (Correction of Utility Model Registration under Trial for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration)
Article 50 (Trial to Confirm Scope of Utility Model Right)
Article 51 (Trial for Correction)
Article 52 (Trial for Invalidation of Correction)
Article 53 (Trial for Grant of Non-exclusive License)
Article 54 (Trial against Decision of Revocation of Utility Model Registration)
Article 55 (Formal Requirements of Request for Trial)
Article 56 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅸ INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS UNDER PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
Article 57 (Utility Model Application Based on International Application)
Article 58 (Special Provision on Devices Deemed to be Novel)
Article 59 (Translation of International Utility Model Application)
Article 60 (Special Provisions on Claim of Priority)
Article 61 (Submission of Identifying Document)
Article 62 (Submission of Drawings)
Article 63 (Amendment after Receipt of International Search Report)
Article 64 (Amendment before Establishment of International Preliminary Examination Report)
Article 65 (Special Provision on Amendments)
Article 66 (Time Restrictions on Filing of Dual Application)
Article 67 (Special Cases on Opposition to Registration of Utility Model)
Article 68 (Special Cases on Trial for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration)
Article 69 (Time Restriction on Request for Technical Evaluation of Utility Model)
Article 70 (Special Provisions on Payment of Registration Fee)
Article 71 (International Application Considered to be a Utility Model Application by Decision)
Article 72 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER Ⅹ SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 73 (Utility Model Gazette)
Article 74 (Special Provisions for Utility Model Registration or Right with Two or More Claims)
Article 75 (Indication of Utility Model Registration)
Article 76 (Prohibition against False Indication)
Article 77 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions of Patent Act)
CHAPTER XI PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 78 (Offense of Infringement)
Article 79 (Offense of Perjury)
Article 80 (Offense of False Marking)
Article 81 (Offense of Fraud)
Article 82 (Offense of Divulging Secrets)
Article 83 (Officers and Employees of Specialized Search Organization, etc. as Public Officials; Irrefutable Presumption)
Article 84 (Joint Penal Provision)
Article 85 (Confiscation, etc.)
Article 86 (Fine for Negligence)
ADDENDA
ADDENDA<Act No. 6412, Feb. 3, 2001>
ADDENDA<Act No. 6626, Jan. 26, 2002>
ADDENDA<Act No. 6766, Dec. 11, 2002>