Patent

• Name(s), Address(s) and Nationality of the applicant(s) and/or inventor(s)
• Power of Attorney - Signed by the applicant(notarization not required)
• Specification, Claim(s) and Abstract, Drawings(if any)
• Other Documents - Assignment Certificate and Corporation Nationality Certificate, only if requested by KIPO. Normally, an Assignment Certificates is not required as applicants and inventors have separate status under Korean Patent Law. In addition, an Information Disclosure statement is not required.  

  PCT

• A copy of the PCT request from (PCT/RO/101 form) including international filing date, and information about applicant and inventor(s)
• Korean Translation of the Specification, Claims and Drawings - For entering the national stage in Korea, the above must be submitted within: (1) 30 months of the earliest priority date if an international preliminary examination has been requested; or (2) 20 months of the earliest priority date if no international preliminary examination has been requested.
• Priority Document and Translation thereof - The translation should be submitted within two months of the date on which the KIPO announces its receipt in Korea of the certified copies of the priority documents. We, however, can prepare the translation from the copies of the priority documents borrowed from KIPO, once the receipt thereof has been announced.
• Request for examination should be made within 5 years form the International Filing date.

  Utility Model

• There is no substantial difference in terms of procedure or legal protection compared with Patent except that the duration of protection of which is five years shorter than that of a Patent.

  Design

• Name(s), Address(s) and Nationality of the applicant(s) and/or inventor(s)
• Power of Attorney - Signed by the applicant(notarization not required).
  Late filing is permissible up to two months with late filling fees being applicable.
• Description of the article to which the design is applied.
• Drawings. The drawings must show six views of the article : front elevational view, rear elevational view,  left side elevational view, right side elevational view, top view and bottom view. Photographs, a model. or a sample of the design may be submitted in substitution for the drawings.
• Priority Documents and traslation thereof, if priority is being claimed. Priority can be claimed within six months of the first filing date, and the priority documents and the translation thereof should be filed within three months of the filing date in Korea.
• No examination request required.

  Trademark

• Name, Address - Signed by the applicant(notarization not required). Late filing is permissible up to two months with late filling fees being applicable.
• Power of Attorney - Signed by the applicant(s)
• Specimens of the trademark - 10 copies, 7cm x 7cm in size or smaller
• A detailed list of goods to covered under the mark - If the total number of goods exceeds 10 items, and additional official surcharge for each additional item.
• Priority Documents and translation thereof, if priority is being claimed. Priority can be claimed within six months of the first filing date, and priority documents and the translation thereof should be filed within three months of the filing date in Korea.