PATENT

Statutory provisions in parentheses correspond to the Patent Act.

  1. APPLICATION
    1) Applicant (Arts. 33 & 25)
    2) Formal Documents required at the Time of Filing Applications (Art. 42)

  2. REQUISITES FOR PATENTABILITY
    1) Principle of Unity of Invention and System of Multiple Claims (Art. 45)
    2) Unpatentable Inventions (Art. 32)
    3) Patentability (Art. 29)
    4) Patent for Plant Invention (Art. 31)
    5) Application Requirements for Patents related to Micro-organisms
    6) Division and Conversion of Applications (Arts. 52 & 53)

  3. EXAMINATION
    1) Principle of Examination (Art. 57)
    2) Request for Examination (Arts. 59 & 60)
    3) System of Preferential Examination (Art. 61)
    4) System of Laying Open (Art. 64)
    5) System of Publication (Art. 66)
    6) System of Opposition (Art. 70)
    7) Principle of Restriction of Amendment (Arts. 47, 49 & 50)

  4. PATENT RIGHT
    1) Generation of Patent Right (Art. 87)
    2) Term of Patent Right (Art. 88)
    3) Extension of Term of Patent Right (Art. 89)
    4) Application for Registration of Extension of Term of Patent Right (Art. 90)
    5) Inventions Entitled to Application for Registration of Extension of Term
    6) Effects and Extent of Protection of Patent Right (Art. 94)
    7) License Right (Arts. 100 & 102)
    8) Working of the Patented Invention and Compulsory Working Right (Arts. 2(3) & 107)

  5. PROTECTION OF PAT ENTEE AND LITIGATION (Arts. 126, 127 & 128)

  6. LICENSE AGREEMENT

    1) Exclusive License
    2) Nonexclusive License
    3) Necessary Documents
    4) Government Approval of License Agreement

  7. TRIAL AND APPEAL TRIAL (Ch. VII)

    1) Invalidation Trial
    2) Trial to Confirm Scope of Patent Right
    3) Trial for Correction
    4) Trial of Granting Nonexclusive License

  8. TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT APPLICATION AND PATENT RIGHT

    1) Transfer of Patent Application (Art. 37)
    2) Transfer of Patent Right (Art. 99) 

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