INVENTION PROMOTION ACT
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Comprehensive Policy on Promotion of Invention)
Article 4 (Grants of Subsidies for Promotion of Invention)
Article 5 (Invention Day)
CHAPTER II PROMOTION OF INVENTION
SECTION 1 Raising Awareness of Invention
Article 6 (Raising Awareness of Invention and Facilitating Inventive Activities)
Article 7 Deleted.
Article 8 (Facilitation of Women's Inventive Activities)
Article 8-2 (Facilitating Inventive Activities of the Socially Disadvantaged)
Article 9 Deleted.
Article 9-2 (Facilitation of Utilization of Research Notes)
SECTION 2 Boosting of Employee’s Inventions
Article 10 (Employee’s Inventions)
Article 10-2 (Special Cases concerning Dispositions for Employee's Invention of Public Officials, etc.)
Article 11 (Implementation of Employee’s Invention Compensation System and Supportive Policies)
Article 11-2 (Support for Outstanding Companies in Employee’s Invention Compensation System)
Article 12 (Notice of Completion of Employee’s Invention)
Article 13 (Notice of Whether Employer Succeeds to Rights to Invention)
Article 14 (Succession to Rights to Joint Invention)
Article 15 (Compensation for Employee’s Inventions)
Article 16 (Compensation When Patent Application Reserved)
Article 16-2 (Waiver of Rights Succeeded to and Acquisition by Employee, etc.)
Article 17 (Operation of Deliberative Committee on Employee’s Inventions)
Article 18 (Mediation of Disputes Related to Employee’s Inventions)
Article 19 (Duty of Confidentiality)
SECTION 3 Supply of Information on Industrial Property Rights and Facilitation of Utilization of Such Information
Article 20 (Establishment of Plans to Promote Informatization of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 20-2 (Supply of Information on Industrial Property Rights)
Article 20-3 (Specialized Institution for Informatization of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 20-4 (Assistance in Research and Development for Informatization of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 20-5 (Transfer of Achievements of Research and Development to Private Sector)
Article 20-6 (Fact-Finding Survey on Industrial Property Rights-Related Activities)
Article 20-7 Deleted.
Article 20-8 (Research and Analysis of Industrial Property Right Statistics and Indicators)
Article 21 Deleted.
Article 22 Deleted.
Article 23 (Regional Intellectual Property Centers)
Article 24 (Cancellation of Registration of Regional Intellectual Property Center)
Article 24-2 (Intellectual Property Management Certification for Small and Medium Enterprises)
CHAPTER III SUPPORT FOR SECURING RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS
Article 25 (Prior Art Search)
Article 26 (Establishment of Patent Management Department)
Article 26-2 (Patent Counseling Center of Public Patent Attorneys)
Article 27 (Subsidization of Expenses for Patent Management)
CHAPTER IV FACILITATING COMMERCIALIZATION OF INVENTIONS
Article 28 (Designation of Institutes for Evaluation of Inventions)
Article 29 (Support to Evaluation institutes)
Article 30 (Subsidization of Evaluation Fees)
Article 31 (Revocation of Designation of Evaluation Institute)
Article 32 (Assistance in Commercialization of Outstanding Inventions)
Article 32-2 (Conducting Program of Purchasing and Using Secured Industrial Property Rights)
Article 32-3 (Raising Funds Necessary for Program of Purchasing and Using Secured Industrial Property Rights)
Article 33 Deleted.
Article 34 (Korea Industrial Property Business Arrangement Center)
Article 35 (Subsidization of Production of Prototype)
Article 36 (Designation of Institutions for Examination of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 37 (Revocation of Designation of Institution for Examination of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 38 (Request for Modification to Various Specifications)
Article 39 (Preferential Purchasing of Outstanding Inventions)
Article 39-2 (Support for Publicity for Outstanding Invention)
Article 40 (Tax Support)
CHAPTER IV-2 FOSTERING OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SERVICE BUSINESS
Article 40-2 (Establishment and Implementation of Fostering Policies)
Article 40-3 (Enhancement of Competitiveness of Industrial Property Rights Service Industry)
Article 40-4 (Facilitation of Utilization of Industrial Property Rights Service Industry and Support for Business Start-Up)
Article 40-5 (Fact-Finding Surveys on Industrial Property Rights Service Industry)
Article 40-6 (Establishment and Operation of Association)
Article 40-7 (Specialized Companies for Industrial Property Rights Services)
CHAPTER V MEDIATION OF DISPUTES OVER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND FACILITATION OF SHARING OF TECHNOLOGY
Article 41 (Committee for Mediation of Disputes over Industrial Property Rights)
Article 41-2 (Exclusion of, Challenge to, or Recusal of, Mediators)
Article 41-3 (Dismissal of Members)
Article 42 (Mediation Panels)
Article 43 (Application for Mediation)
Article 43-2 (Persons Eligible for Application for Mediation)
Article 44 (Matters Excluded from Subject Matter of Application for Mediation)
Article 45 (Summons)
Article 45-2 (Fact-Finding Surveys)
Article 46 (Formation of Mediation)
Article 46-2 (Refusal and Suspension of Mediation)
Article 47 (Interruption of Extinctive Prescription)
Article 48 (Organization of Committee)
Article 49 (Subsidization of Expenses)
Article 49-2 (Prohibition of Divulgence of Confidential Information)
Article 49-3 (Special Cases concerning Linkage between Trial and Mediation)
Article 50 (Facilitation of Joint Ownership and Reciprocal Licensing of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 50-2 (Protection of Industrial Property Rights)
Article 50-3 (Overseas Industrial Property Rights Center)
Article 50-4 (Management and Operation of Mutual Aid Program Related to Intellectual Property Rights)
Article 50-5 (Entrusting or Funding Patent Mutual Aid Program)
Article 51 (Korea Institute of Intellectual Property)
CHAPTER VI KOREA INVENTION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION
Article 52 (Establishment of Korea Invention Promotion Association)
Article 53 (Business Activities)
Article 54 (Guidance and Supervision)
Article 55 (Raising Funds)
CHAPTER VI-2 KOREA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AGENCY
Article 55-2 (Establishment of Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency)
Article 55-3 (Affairs of Protection Agency)
Article 55-4 (Guidance and Supervision over Protection Agency)
CHAPTER VI-3 KOREA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY AGENCY
Article 55-5 (Establishment of Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency)
Article 55-6 (Tasks of Strategy Agency)
Article 55-7 (Guidance and Supervision over Strategy Agency)
CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 56 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 57 (Hearings)
Article 57-2 (Re-Examination of Regulation)
CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 58 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 59 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions)
Article 60 (Administrative Fines)