No. 20698
Promulgation Date 2025-01-21
Ministry of Intellectual Property
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER II REQUIREMENTS FOR UTILITY MODELS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR
Article 4 (Requirements for utility model)
Article 5 Deleted.
Article 6 (Unregistrable devices)
Article 7 (First-to-file rule)
Article 8 (Application for utility model registration)
Article 8-2 (Filing date of utility model registration)
Article 8-3 (Application for utility model registration in foreign language)
Article 9 (Scope of single application for utility model registration)
Article 10 (Converted application)
Article 11 (Mutatis mutandis application of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER III EXAMINATION
Article 12 (Request for examination of utility model registration)
Article 13 (Decision to reject utility model registration)
Article 14 (Notice of grounds for rejection)
Article 15 (Mutatis mutandis application of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION FEE AND UTILITY MODEL REGISTRATION
Article 16 (Registration fees)
Article 17 (Official fees)
Article 18 Deleted.
Article 19 Deleted.
Article 20 (Mutatis mutandis application of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER V UTILITY MODEL RIGHT
Article 21 (Registration of establishment of utility model right and publication of registration)
Article 22 (Term of utility model right)
Article 22-2 (Extensions of term of utility model rights due to registration delays)
Article 22-3 (Applications for extended registration of term of utility model rights due to registration delays)
Article 22-4 (Decisions to reject extended registration of term of utility model rights due to registration delays)
Article 22-5 (Decisions to approve extended registration of term of utility model rights due to registration delays)
Article 22-6 (Provisions to be applied mutatis mutandis)
Article 23 (Effects of utility model rights)
Article 24 (Limitations on effect of utility model rights)
Article 25 (Relations to third party registered utility model)
Article 26 (Non-exclusive license granted to work device or invention prior to registration of complaint seeking for ruling of invalidation)
Article 27 (Non-exclusive license after expiration of term of design right)
Article 28 (Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER VI PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF UTILITY MODEL RIGHTS
Article 29 (Acts constituting infringement)
Article 30 (Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER VI-II APPLICATIONS FOR REVOCATION OF UTILITY MODEL REGISTRATION
Article 30-2 (Applications for revocation of utility model registration)
Article 30-3 (Application mutatis mutandis of Patent Act)
CHAPTER VII TRIALS, RETRIALS, AND LITIGATION
Article 31 (Trial for invalidation of utility model registration)
Article 31-2 (Trials invalidating extended registration of term of utility model rights)
Article 32 (Trial for granting non-exclusive license)
Article 33 (Mutatis mutandis application of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER VIII INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS UNDER PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
Article 34 (Utility model registration based on international application)
Article 34-2 (Applications for international utility model registration)
Article 35 (Korean translation of international utility model registration)
Article 36 (Submission of drawings)
Article 37 (Restriction on filing timing of converted application)
Article 38 (Restriction on request timing for examination of application)
Article 39 Deleted.
Article 40 (International application recognizable as utility model registration by decision)
Article 41 (Mutatis mutandis application of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 42 (Utility Model Gazette)
Article 43 (Legal fiction of executive officers and employees of specialized institutions as public officials)
Article 44 (Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
CHAPTER X PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 45 (Offense of infringement)
Article 46 (Offense of divulging confidential information)
Article 47 (Offense of perjury)
Article 48 (Offense of false indication)
Article 49 (Offense of fraud)
Article 49-2 (Offense of breach of confidentiality)
Article 49-3 (Violation of order prohibiting application filing in foreign country or confidentiality order)
Article 50 (Joint penalty provisions)
Article 51 (Confiscation)
Article 52 (Administrative fines)
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