ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE UTILITY MODEL ACT
Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 19696, Sep. 28, 2006
Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20128, Jun. 28, 2007
Presidential Decree No. 20729, Feb. 29, 2008
Presidential Decree No. 21054, Sep. 30, 2008
Presidential Decree No. 21568, Jun. 26, 2009
Presidential Decree No. 23342, Dec. 2, 2011
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Decree is to provide for matters delegated by the Utility Model Act and those
necessary for its enforcement.
Article 2 (Scope of Telecommunication Lines)
"Telecommunication lines specified in Presidential Decree" in Article 4 (1) 2 of the Utility Model Act
(hereinafter referred to as the "Act") means the telecommunication lines operated by any of the
following persons:
1. The Government or local government, foreign central or local government, or international
organization;
2. A national or public school under Article 3 of the Higher Education Act or foreign national or
public college or university;
3. A national or public research institute in the Republic of Korea or a foreign country;
4. A corporation established for the purpose of carrying out business related to patent information,
which is designated and publicly announced by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual
Property Office.
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Article 3 (Methods to Describe Scope of Claims for Utility Model Registration)
(1) In describing the claims falling within the purview of scope of claims for utility model registration
(hereinafter referred to as "claims") as provided for in Article 8 (8) of the Act, there shall be the
description of an independent claim concerning the article (hereinafter referred to as "independent
claim"), and a dependent claim (hereinafter referred to as "dependent claim") may be added to
make the independent claim more specific with restrictive or additional description to the
independent claim. In such cases, another dependent claim may be added to make such dependent
claim more specific with restrictive or additional description, if necessary. <Amended by Presidential
Decree No. 20128, Jun. 28, 2007>
(2) The claims shall be divided into an appropriate number of claims according to the nature of devices.
(3) A dependent claim shall cite one or more independent or another dependent claims, and shall
indicate the number of the cited claim.
(4) A claim citing two or more claims shall show the number of cited claims alternatively.
(5) The claim cited in a claim as one of two or more claims may not cite again two or more other claims.
The same shall apply where a claim cited in a claim as one of two or more claims cites another
claim to cite two or more claims again consequently.
(6) A cited claim shall be mentioned ahead of another claim citing the claim.
(7) Each claim shall be described in a new line, and a serial number in an Arabic numeral shall be
assigned to each claim in the describing order.
Article 4 (Requirements for Each Utility Model Registration for Each Group of Devices)
Each group of devices under the proviso to Article 9 (1) of the Act shall meet the following
requirements for the application for utility model registration:
1. There shall be technical correlation between the devices claimed;
2. Each device claimed shall have an identical or equivalent technical feature. In such cases, the
technical feature of the devices, as a whole, shall be the more improved one than that of prior art.
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Article 5 (Applications Eligible for Accelerated Examination)
"Patent applications specified by Presidential Decree" in subparagraph 2 of Article 61 of the Patent
Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 15 of the Act means utility model registration falling under
any of the following subparagraphs and prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual
Property Office: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20128, Jun. 28, 2007; Presidential Decree No. 21054,
Sep. 30, 2008>
1. Utility model registration for defense industry;
2. Utility model registration useful for the prevention of pollution;
3. Utility model registration directly related to the promotion of export;
4. Utility model registration related to the functions of the State or local governments (including the
utility model registration filed for by an organization established within a national or public school
and exclusively dedicated to the technology transfer and the promotion of commercialization
thereof under Article 11 (1) of the Act on the Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Promotion Act among the utility model registration related to the functions of national and public
schools as defined in the Higher Education Act);
5. Utility model registration filed for by an enterprise acknowledged as a venture business under
Article 25 of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Venture Businesses;
6. Utility model registration filed for by an enterprise selected as one of technology-innovative small
and medium enterprises under Article 15 of the Act on Promotion of Technical Renovation of
Small and Medium Enterprises;
7. Utility model registration related to a product from the State's project for the development of new
technology or quality certification;
8. Utility model registration that serves as a ground for priority claims under a treaty (limited to those
for which the procedures for a patent application or utility model registration filed for are under
way at a foreign patent office according to priority claims based on such utility model registration);
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9. Utility model registration under which the applicant of the utility model registration is currently
working, or is at the stage of preparation for working, the device for which utility model
registration was filed for;
10. Utility model registration directly related to electronic transactions;
11. Utility model registration filed for simultaneously with a request for examination and for which a
request for accelerated examination is filed within two months thereafter;
12. Utility model registration for which a person who intends to file an application for accelerated
examination retained a specialized institution under Article 58 (1) of the Patent Act, which shall
apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act, to conduct a survey on prior art with
respect to the utility model for which utility model registration is pending, and requested the
specialized institution to notify the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the
results of the survey.
Article 6 (Decision on Accelerated Examination)
(1) A person who requests the accelerated examination under Article 61 of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act shall submit a written application for accelerated
examination prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy to the Commissioner
of the Korean Intellectual Property Office. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20729, Feb. 29, 2008>
(2) Upon receiving the application for accelerated examination under paragraph (1), the Commissioner
of the Korean Intellectual Property Office shall decide whether to allow the accelerated examination.
(3) Necessary matters concerning the decision on accelerated examination under paragraph (2) shall
be determined by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
Article 6-2 (Periods of Delay Attributable to Applicants)
(1) "The period of delay attributable to an applicant" in Article 22-2 (3) of the Act means any of the
following periods:
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Any of the following periods with regard to the procedure for utility model registration pending in the
Korean Intellectual Property Office or the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal;
(a) When the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office or a presiding trial examiner
issues an order to appoint an agent to initiate the procedure related to utility model registration
or to replace an agent pursuant to Article 10 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 3 of the Act: the period from the date such order is issued to the date an
agent is appointed or replaced;
(b) When the period of request for trial or period for procedure related to utility model registration
is extended upon request of an applicant pursuant to Article 15 (1) or (2) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of the Act: the extended period (when the
period for procedure related to registration of a utility model is reduced upon request of an
applicant pursuant to Article 15 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 3 of the Act once the period has been extended, the reduced period shall be excluded
herefrom);
(c) When a date for initiating the procedure related to utility model registration has been
determined but changed to a later date upon request of an applicant pursuant to Article 15 (3)
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of the Act: the period from
the day following the determined date to the changed date;
(d) When a party subsequently completes the procedure related to utility model registration after
any ground imputable to the party has ceased to exist pursuant to the main sentence of Article
17 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of the Act: the period
from date such ground has ceased to exist to the date the procedure is subsequently
completed;
(e) When the procedure related to utility model registration is interrupted or suspended pursuant to
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Article 20, 23 (2), 78 (1) or 164 (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 3, 15 or 33 of the Act: the period during which the procedure related to utility model
registration is interrupted or suspended;
(f) When the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office orders an applicant to report
the result of consultation within a specified period as prescribed in Article 7 (6) of the Act: the
specified period (when the period is reduced upon request of an applicant pursuant to Article
15 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of the Act, the
reduced period shall be excluded herefrom);
(g) When a description is supplemented to contain the scope of a claim for utility model
registration by the date provided for in Article 8 (5) 2 of the Act pursuant to the latter part other
than each subparagraph of Article 8 (5) of the Act: the period from the date an applicant is
notified of the purport of a request for initiating an examination of utility model registration to
the date the applicant supplements the description;
(h) When the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the President of the Korean
Intellectual Property Tribunal or a presiding trial examiner orders the procedure related to
utility model registration to be supplemented within a specified period pursuant to Article 46,
141 (1) or 203 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, 33 or
41 of the Act: the specified period (when the period is reduced upon request of an applicant
pursuant to Article 15 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of
the Act, the reduced period shall be excluded herefrom);
(i) When an application claiming a priority right based on an earlier filed application that serves as
a basis for claiming the priority right pursuant to Article 55 (1) of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11 of the Act is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn pursuant
to Article 56 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11 of the Act:
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the period from the date the application claiming a priority right to the earlier filed application
was filed to the date such application is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn;
(j) When an examiner (referring to a trial examiner if applied mutatis mutandis to trial on utility
model pursuant to Article 33 of the Act and Article 170 of the Patent Act; hereafter the same
shall apply in this item) notifies an applicant for utility model registration of grounds for
rejection and provides the applicant an opportunity to submit his/her statement of opinion
within a specified period pursuant to the main sentence of Article 14 (1) of the Act [Provided,
That when an examiner decides to grant utility model registration pursuant to Article 66 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act after he/she has
notified an applicant of grounds for rejection even though the applicant fails to supplement the
relevant description or drawings based on such notification (including cases where a decision
to grant utility model registration is made pursuant to Article 33 of the Act and Article 170 of
the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66 of the same Act), such
cases shall be excluded herefrom]: the specified period (when a period for submitting a
statement of opinion is reduced upon request of an applicant pursuant to Article 15 (2) of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 3 of the Act, the reduced period
shall be excluded herefrom);
(k) When a decision on preferential examination under Article 6 with regard to preferential
examinations prescribed in Article 61 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant
to Article 15 of the Act is delayed due to reasons attributable to an applicant: the delayed
period;
(l) When an applicant pays registration fees pursuant to Article 16 (1) of the Act after having been
served a certified copy of the decision to grant utility model registration pursuant to Article 67
(2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act (including
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cases where the late payment of patent fees are made pursuant to Article 81 (1) of the Patent
Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20 of the Act, patent fees are covered
pursuant to Article 81-2 (2) of the same Act, or patent fees are paid and covered pursuant to
Article 81-3 (1) of the same Act), or an applicant is exempt from registration fees after
submitting documents specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy pursuant
to Article 83 (3) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20 of the Act:
the period from the date he/she is served on a certified copy to the date the establishment of a
utility model right is registered as prescribed in Article 21 of the Act;
(m) When an applicant makes a request for reexamination pursuant to the main sentence of
Article 67-2 (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act:
the period from the date the applicant has been served a certified copy of the decision to
reject utility model registration pursuant to Article 67 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act to the date the applicant makes a request for
reexamination;
(n) When a request for exclusion or evasion made pursuant to Article 149 or 150 of the Patent Act
as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act is rejected based on a decision
made pursuant to Article 152 (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 33 of the Act: the period during which trial proceedings are suspended pursuant to the
main sentence of Article 153 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article
33 of the Act;
(o) When the examination or preservation of evidence requested by an applicant pursuant to
Article 157 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act is
deemed unnecessary: the period from the date such request is made to the date the
examination or preservation of evidence is deemed unnecessary;
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(p) When an examination is reopened upon request of an applicant after the applicant has been
notified of the closure of the examination pursuant to Article 162 (4) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act: the period from the date an
examination is reopened to the date notice on the closure of the examination is given pursuant
to Article 162 (3) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the
Act;
(q) When a request for re-trial prescribed in Article 178 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act is filed after an applicant becomes aware of grounds
for re-trial: the period from the date an applicant becomes aware of grounds for re-trial to the
date he/she requests for re-trial;
(r) When a presiding trial examiner determines an additional period as prescribed in Article 186 (5)
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act: the additional
period;
(s) When the service of documents or service of documents by public notice pursuant to Article
218 or 219 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44 of the Act is
delayed due to reasons attributable to an applicant (referring to cases, etc. where the service
of documents is delayed due to a failure to report the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual
Property Office on the purport of change when a person to be served on has changed his/her
place of service pursuant to Article 18 (10) of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9): the period during which such service is
delayed;
2. Any of the following periods with regard to litigation proceedings about trial decisions, decisions
or rulings pursuant to Article 186 (1) or (8) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 33 of the Act;
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(a) When litigation proceedings are suspended pursuant to Article 78 (2) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act or Article 164 (2) of the Patent Act
as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act: the period during which the
litigation proceedings are suspended;
(b) When a motion for excluding or evading judges (including technical examiners as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act and Article 188-2 (1) of the Patent Act and
junior administrative officers, etc. of a court as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50
of the Civil Procedure Act) pursuant to Articles 41 through 43 of the Civil Procedure Act is
rejected based upon a ruling rendered pursuant to Article 45 or 46 of the Civil Procedure Act:
the period from the date a motion for exclusion or evasion is filed to the date a decision to
dismiss such motion is made, or the period during which litigation proceedings are suspended
pursuant to the main sentence of Article 48 of the Civil Procedure Act;
(c) When a court or presiding judge issues an order for supplementation within a specified period
pursuant to Article 59 or 254 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act: the specified period;
(d) When a special representative is appointed as prescribed in Article 62 of the Civil Procedure
Act: the period from the application date of appointment to the appointment date of the special
representative;
(e) When the reopening of a pleading prescribed in Article 142 of the Civil Procedure Act is
attributed to an applicant: the period from the date an order to reopen a pleading is issued to
the date the pleading is re-closed;
(f) When a court prohibits an applicant or his/her agent from testifying and determines a new date
for continuing pleadings pursuant to Article 144 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act: the period from
the date giving testimony is prohibited to the new date;
(g) When a court requires a lawyer to be appointed pursuant to Article 144 (2) of the Civil
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Procedure Act: the period from the date an order to appoint a lawyer is issued to the date a
lawyer is appointed;
(h) When the date designated by a presiding judge is changed to a late date on substantial
grounds, such as an applicant' request, etc. pursuant to Article 165 (1) of the Civil Procedure
Act: the period from the date following the designated date to the changed date;
(i) When a court extends a statutory period or period determined by the court upon request of an
applicant or determines an additional period with regard to the invariable period pursuant to
Article 172 of the Civil Procedure Act: the extended period or additional period;
(j) When a party subsequently complete procedural acts after any ground imputable to the party
has ceased to exist pursuant to Article 173 of the Civil Procedure Act: the period from the date
such ground has ceased to exist to the date the procedural acts are subsequently completed;
(k) When the service of documents or service of documents by public notice pursuant to Articles
178, 186 through 188 or 194 of the Civil Procedure Act is delayed due to reasons attributable
to an applicant: the period during which such service is delayed;
(l) When litigation proceedings are interrupted or suspended pursuant to Articles 233 through 237,
239, 240 or 246 of the Civil Procedure Act: the period during which the litigation proceedings
are interrupted or suspended;
(m) When an presiding judge determines a new date for pleading since an applicant fails to
appear on the date for pleading or appears but fails to plead pursuant to Article 268 (1) of the
Civil Procedure Act: the period from the date following the date for pleading to the new date
for pleading;
(n) When evidence applied for examination pursuant to Article 289 of the Civil Procedure Act is
deemed unnecessary: the period from the date an application is filed to the date the evidence
is deemed unnecessary;
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(o) When a party files a petition for re-trial pursuant to Article 451 of the Civil Procedure Act after it
becomes aware of the grounds for re-trial: the period from the date the party becomes aware
of the grounds for re-trial to the date the party filed a petition for re-trial;
3. Any of the following periods with regard to administrative appeals or administrative litigation
proceedings in relation to objections to a disposition pursuant to Article 224-2 (2) of the Patent
Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44 of the Act;
(a) When a motion for exclusion or evasion filed under Article 10 of the Administrative Appeals Act
is rejected or dismissed by a ruling rendered under Article 12 of the Enforcement Decree of
the same Act: the period during which appeals procedure is suspended pursuant to Article 13
of the same Enforcement Decree;
(b) When an administrative appeal is filed after a natural disaster, war, internal turmoil, or other
force majeure has ceased to exist pursuant to Article 27 (2) of the Administrative Appeals Act:
the period from the date the relevant ground has ceased to exist to the date an administrative
appeal is filed;
(c) When the Central Administrative Appeals Commission (hereafter referred to as the
"Commission" in this Article) requests for supplementation within a specified period pursuant
to the main sentence of Article 32 (1) of the Administrative Appeals Act: the specified period;
(d) When the Commission determines a period for submitting supplementary documents pursuant
to Article 33 (2) of the Administrative Appeals Act: the period from the date the period for
submission thereof is determined to the date the supplementary documents are submitted;
(e) When a date for trial designated by the Commission is changed to a later date upon request of
an applicant pursuant to Article 38 of the Administrative Appeals Act: the period from the date
following the designated date for trial to the changed date for trial;
(f) When the provisions of the Civil Procedure Act prescribing service shall be as applied mutatis
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mutandis pursuant to Article 57 of the Administrative Appeals Act: the period provided in
subparagraph 2 (k);
(g) When the provisions of the Civil Procedure Act shall be as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant
to Article 8 (2) of the Administrative Litigation Act: the period provided in the items of
subparagraph 2;
4. Other periods specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and delayed due to
reasons attributable to an applicant with regard to the procedure for utility model registration
pending the Korean Intellectual Property Office or the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal,
litigation proceedings about trial decisions, decisions or rulings prescribed in Article 186 (1) or (8)
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act, or administrative
appeals or administrative litigation proceedings in relation to objections to a disposition pursuant
to Article 224-2 (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44 of the Act.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if there exists an objectively acceptable reason not attributable to an
applicant among the reasons delaying the registration of the establishment of a utility model right
pursuant to Article 22-2 (1) of the Act, the period corresponding thereto shall be excluded from the
period provided in paragraph (1).
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 23342, Dec. 2, 2011]
Article 7 (Utility Model Gazettes)
(1) The Utility Model Gazettes under Article 42 of the Act shall be divided into the Utility Model Gazette
for publication of registration and the Utility Model Gazette for disclosure.
(2) The Utility Model Gazette for publication of registration shall contain the following: <Amended by
Presidential Decree No. 21568, Jun. 26, 2009>
1. The name and address of the owner of the utility model right (in cases of a juristic person, its title
and location of business place);
2. The application number, classification code and date of application;
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3. The name and address of the inventor;
4. The registration number and establishment date of utility model;
5. The publication date of registration;
6. Matters concerning priority claims;
7. Matters concerning converted applications or divisional applications;
8. Description, drawings, and abstract attached to the application for utility model registration;
9. The serial number and date of disclosure of application;
10. Matters concerning amendment ex officio under Article 66-2 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act;
11. Contents corrected under Article 133-2, 136, or 137 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Act;
12. Other matters considered as necessary by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property
Office.
(3) The Utility Model Gazette for disclosure shall contain the following: Provided, That matters
considered likely to cause disturbance to the public order or morals or a harm to public health shall
not be contained herein:
1. The name and address of the applicant (in cases of a juristic person, its title and location of
business place);
2. The application number, classification code and date of application;
3. The name and address of the inventor;
4. Matters concerning priority claims;
5. Matters concerning converted applications or divisional applications;
6. Description, drawings, and abstract attached to the application for utility model registration;
7. The serial number and date of disclosure of application;
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8. The fact that a request for examination of application has been filed in accordance with Article 60
(2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act: Provided,
That the disclosure number, classification code, and application number of the application shall
be published in the Utility Model Gazette for disclosure which will be issued later along with the
fact that the request for examination of application has been filed, if the fact that the request for
examination of application had been filed was not published at the time of the laying open of the
application;
9. The purport that anyone may furnish the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office
with the information that the relevant de- vice is not eligible for utility model registration along
with evidentiary documents in accordance with Article 63-2 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of the Act;
10. Other matters related to the disclosure of application for utility model registration.
Article 8 (Imposition of Fines for Negligence)
The guidelines for the imposition of fines for negligence under Article 52 (1) of the Act shall be as
provided in attached Table. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 23342, Dec. 2, 2011>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21054, Sep. 30, 2008]
Article 9 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act)
(1) Articles 2 through 4, 8-2, 8-3, 11 through 16, and 18 of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the applications, requests, and other procedures for utility model
registration. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20128, Jun. 28, 2007>
(2) Article 8 of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
qualifications of an examiner, an administrative patent judge, a presiding administrative patent judge,
and the President of the Intellectual Property Tribunal with respect to the examination and trial on
utility model registration.
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ADDENDA
(1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on October 1, 2006: Provided, That the
amended provisions of Article 8 (2) and (3) 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9 (2) of this Act shall enter into force on July 1, 2007.
(2) (Applicability concerning Objects of Accelerated Examination) The amended provisions of Article 5
shall apply to the application for accelerated examination submitted on or after this Decree enters into
force.
(3) (Transitional Measures concerning Issuance of Utility Model Gazette) The Utility Model Gazette for
the application for utility model registration filed under the previous provisions as at the time the
amended provisions of Article 7 enter into force shall be issued in accordance with the previous
provisions.
(4) (Transitional Measures concerning Qualifications of Administrative Judges, etc.) A person qualified
as an administrative judge or a presiding administrative patent judge under the previous provisions as
at the time the amended provisions of Article 8 (2) and (3) of the Enforcement Decree of the Patent
Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 9 (2) of this Act enter into force shall be deemed one
qualified as an administrative judge or a presiding administrative patent judge under this Decree.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 20128, Jun. 28, 2007>
This Decree shall enter into force on July 1, 2007.
ADDENDA<Presidential Decree No. 20729, Feb. 29, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDA<Presidential Decree No. 21054, Sep. 30, 2008>
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Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on October 1, 2008.
Article 2 (Applicability to Cases Eligible for Accelerated Examination)
The amended provisions of Article 5 shall apply to the applications for accelerated examination filed
on or after the date this Decree enters into force.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 21568, Jun. 26, 2009>
This Decree shall enter into force on July 1, 2009.
ADDENDA<Presidential Decree No. 23342, Dec, 2, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date "Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of
Korea and the United States of America" takes effect in the Republic of Korea: Provided, That the
amended provisions of Article 8 and attached Table shall enter into force on January 1, 2012.
Article 2 (Applicability to Periods of Delay Attributable to Applicants)
The amended provisions of Article 6-2 shall apply to an application filed for utility model registration
on or after this Decree enters into force.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures concerning Fines for Negligence)
(1) The imposition of fines for negligence on any violation committed before this Decree enters into
force shall be governed by the former provisions, notwithstanding the amended provisions of
attached Table.
(2) The disposition of imposing fines for negligence on any violation committed before this Decree
enters into force shall be excluded from the number of violations prescribed in the amended
provisions of attached Table.
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제2조 (전기통신회선의 범위) 「실용신안법」(이하 "법"이라 한다) 제4조제1항제2호에서 "대통령령이 정하는 전
기통신회선"이라 함은 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 자가 운씁하는 전기통신회선을 말한다.
1. 정부ㆍ지방자치단체, 외국의 정부ㆍ지방자치단체 또는 국제기구
2. 「고등교육법」 제3조에 따른 국ㆍ공립학교 또는 외국의 국ㆍ공립대학
3. 우리나라 또는 외국의 국ㆍ공립 연구기관
4. 특허정보와 관련된 업무를 수행할 목적으로 설립된 법인으로서 특허청장이 지정하여 고시하는 법인
제3조 (실용신안등록청구범위의 기재방법) ①법 제8조제8항에 따른 실용신안등록청구범위의 청구항(이하 "청구
항"이라 한다)을 기재할 때에는 물품에 관한 독립청구항(이하 "독립항"이라 한다)을 기재하여야 하며, 그 독립항
을 한정하거나 부가하여 구체화하는 종속청구항(이하 "종속항"이라 한다)을 기재할 수 있다. 이 경우 필요한 때
에는 그 종속항을 한정하거나 부가하여 구체화하는 다른 종속항을 기재할 수 있다. <개정 2007.6.28>
②청구항은 고안의 성질에 따라 적정한 수로 기재하여야 한다.
③종속항을 기재할 때에는 독립항 또는 다른 종속항 중에서 1 또는 2 이상의 항을 인용하여야 하며, 인용되는 항
의 번호를 기재하여야 한다.
④2 이상의 항을 인용하는 청구항은 인용되는 항의 번호를 택일적으로 기재하여야 한다.
⑤2 이상의 항을 인용한 청구항에서 그 청구항의 인용된 항은 다시 2 이상의 항을 인용하는 방식을 사용하여서는
아니 된다. 2 이상의 항을 인용한 청구항에서 그 청구항의 인용된 항이 다시 하나의 항을 인용한 후에 그 하나의
항이 결과적으로 2 이상의 항을 인용하는 방식에 대하여도 또한 같다.
⑥인용되는 청구항은 인용하는 청구항보다 먼저 기재하여야 한다.
⑦각 청구항은 항마다 행을 바꾸어 기재하고, 그 기재하는 순서에 따라 아라비아숫자로 일련번호를 붙여야 한다.
제4조 (1군의 고안에 대한 1실용신안등록출원의 요건) 법 제9조제1항 단서에 따른 1군의 고안에 대하여 1실용신
안등록출원을 하기 위하여는 다음 각 호의 요건을 갖추어야 한다.
1. 청구된 고안 간에 기술적 상호관련성이 있을 것
2. 청구된 고안들이 동일하거나 상응하는 기술적 특징을 가지고 있을 것. 이 경우 기술적 특징은 고안 전체로 보
아 선행기술에 비하여 개선된 것이어야 한다.
제5조 (우선심사의 대상) 법 제15조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제61조제2호에서 "대통령령이 정하는 특허출원"이
란 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 것으로서 특허청장이 정하는 실용신안등록출원을 말한다. <개정
법제처 1 국가법령정보센터
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2007.6.28, 2007.6.29, 2008.9.30>
1. 방위산업분야의 실용신안등록출원
2. 공해방지에 유용한 실용신안등록출원
3. 수출촉진에 직접 관련된 실용신안등록출원
4. 국가 또는 지방자치단체의 직무에 관한 실용신안등록출원(「고등교육법」에 따른 국ㆍ공립학교의 직무에 관
한 실용신안등록출원으로서 「기술의 이전 및 사업화 촉진에 관한 법률」 제11조제1항에 따라 국ㆍ공립학교
안에 설치된 기술이전ㆍ사업화 전담조직에 의한 실용신안등록출원을 포함한다)
5. 「벤처기업육성에 관한 특별조치법」 제25조에 따른 벤처기업의 확인을 받은 기업의 실용신안등록출원
6. 「중소기업기술혁신 촉진법」 제15조에 따라 기술혁신형 중소기업으로 선정된 기업의 실용신안등록출원
7. 국가의 신기술개발지원사업 또는 품질인증사업의 결과물에 관한 실용신안등록출원
8. 조약에 의한 우선권주장의 기초가 되는 실용신안등록출원(그 실용신안등록출원을 기초로 하는 우선권주장에
의하여 외국 특허청에서 특허출원 또는 실용신안등록출원에 관한 절차가 진행 중인 것에 한정한다)
9. 실용신안등록출원인이 실용신안등록출원된 고안을 실시하고 있거나 실시준비 중인 실용신안등록출원
10. 전자거래와 직접 관련된 실용신안등록출원
11. 출원과 동시에 심사청구를 하고 그 출원 후 2개월 이내에 우선심사의 신청이 있는 실용신안등록출원
12. 우선심사의 신청을 하려는 자가 실용신안등록출원된 고안에 관하여 법 제15조에 따라 준용되는 「특허법」
제58조제1항에 따른 전문기관에 선행기술의 조사를 의뢰한 경우로서 그 조사결과를 특허청장에게 통지하도록
해당 전문기관에 요청한 실용신안등록출원
제6조 (우선심사의 결정) ①법 제15조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제61조에 따른 우선심사를 신청하는 자는 지식
경제부령이 정하는 우선심사신청서를 특허청장에게 제출하여야 한다. <개정 2008.2.29>
②특허청장은 제1항에 따른 우선심사 신청이 있는 때에는 우선심사여부를 결정하여야 한다.
③제2항의 우선심사의 결정에 관하여 필요한 사항은 특허청장이 정한다.
제7조 (실용신안공보) ①법 제42조에 따른 실용신안공보는 이를 등록공고용실용신안공보와 공개용실용신안공보
로 구분한다.
②등록공고용실용신안공보에는 다음 각 호의 사항을 게재한다.<개정 2009.6.26>
1. 실용신안권자의 성명 및 주소(법인인 경우에는 그 명칭 및 씁업소의 소재지)
2. 출원번호ㆍ분류기호 및 출원연월일
3. 고안자의 성명 및 주소
4. 실용신안등록번호 및 설정등록연월일
5. 등록공고연월일
6. 우선권주장에 관한 사항
7. 변경출원 또는 분할출원에 관한 사항
8. 실용신안등록출원서에 첨부된 명세서ㆍ도면 및 요약서
법제처 2 국가법령정보센터
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9. 출원공개번호 및 공개연월일
10. 법 제15조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제66조의2에 따른 직권보정에 관한 사항
11. 법 제33조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제133조의2, 동법 제136조 또는 동법 제137조에 따라 정정된 내용
12. 그 밖에 특허청장이 필요하다고 인정하는 사항
③공개용실용신안공보에는 다음 각 호의 사항을 게재한다. 다만, 공공의 질서 또는 선량한 풍속을 문란하게 하거
나 공중의 위생을 해할 염려가 있다고 인정되는 사항은 게재하지 아니한다.
1. 출원인의 성명 및 주소(법인인 경우에는 그 명칭 및 씁업소의 소재지)
2. 출원번호ㆍ분류기호 및 출원연월일
3. 고안자의 성명 및 주소
4. 우선권주장에 관한 사항
5. 변경출원 또는 분할출원에 관한 사항
6. 실용신안등록출원서에 첨부된 명세서ㆍ도면 및 요약서
7. 출원공개번호 및 공개연월일
8. 법 제15조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제60조제2항에 따른 출원심사의 청구사실. 다만, 출원공개시에 그 출원
심사의 청구사실이 게재되지 아니한 때에는 그 출원의 공개번호ㆍ분류기호 및 출원번호를 그 출원심사의 청구
사실과 함께 추후 발행되는 공개용실용신안공보에 게재하여야 한다.
9. 법 제15조에서 준용하는 「특허법」 제63조의2에 따라 누구든지 그 고안이 실용신안등록될 수 없다는 취지
의 정보를 증거와 함께 특허청장에게 제공할 수 있다는 취지
10. 그 밖에 실용신안등록출원의 공개에 관계되는 사항
제8조 (과태료의 부과) 법 제52조제1항에 따른 과태료의 부과기준은 별표와 같다. 다만, 특허청장은 위반행위의
정도, 위반횟수, 위반행위의 동기와 그 결과 등을 고려하여 그 금액의 2분의 1의 범위에서 경감하거나 가중할 수
있되, 가중하는 때에는 법 제52조제1항에 따른 과태료 금액의 상한을 초과할 수 없다.
[전문개정 2008.9.30]
제9조 (「특허법 시행령」의 준용) ①실용신안등록에 관한 출원ㆍ청구, 그 밖의 절차에 관하여는 「특허법 시행령
」 제2조부터 제4조까지, 제8조의2, 제8조의3, 제11조부터 제16조까지 및 제18조를 준용한다. <개정
2007.6.28>
②「특허법 시행령」 제8조의 규정은 실용신안등록출원에 관한 심사ㆍ심판 등에 있어서 심사관ㆍ심판관ㆍ심판
장 및 특허심판원장의 자격에 관하여 이를 준용한다.
부칙 <제19696호,2006. 9.28>
①(시행일) 이 씁은 2006년 10월 1일부터 시행한다. 다만, 제9조제2항에서 준용하는 「특허법 시행령」 제8조제
2항 및 동조제3항제2호의 개정규정은 2007년 7월 1일부터 시행한다.
법제처 3 국가법령정보센터
「실용신안법 시행령」
②(우선심사의 대상에 관한 적용례) 제5조의 개정규정은 이 씁 시행 후 최초로 제출되는 우선심사신청부터 적용한다.
③(실용신안공보 발행에 따른 경과조치) 제7조의 개정규정의 시행당시 종전의 규정에 따라 제출된 실용신안등록출원
에 대한 실용신안공보의 발행은 종전의 규정에 따른다.
④(심판관 등의 자격요건에 관한 경과조치) 제9조제2항에서 준용하는 「특허법 시행령」 제8조제2항 및 제3항의 개
정규정의 시행당시 종전의 규정에 따라 심판관 또는 심판장의 자격을 갖춘 자는 각각 이 씁에 의한 심판관 또는 심판
장의 자격이 있는 것으로 본다.
부칙 <제20128호,2007. 6.28>
이 씁은 2007년 7월 1일부터 시행한다.
부칙 <제20137호,2007. 6.29>(기술의 이전 및 사업화 촉진에 관한 법률 시행령)
제1조 (시행일) 이 씁은 공포한 날부터 시행한다.
제2조 및 제3조 생략
제4조 (다른 법령의 개정) ①부터 ⑧까지 생략
⑨실용신안법 시행령 일부를 다음과 같이 개정한다.
제5조제4호 중 "「기술이전촉진법」 제9조제1항"을 "「기술의 이전 및 사업화 촉진에 관한 법률」 제11조제1항
"으로, "기술이전전담조직"을 "기술이전ㆍ사업화 전담조직"으로 한다.
⑩부터 ⑫까지 생략
제5조 생략
부칙 <제20729호,2008. 2.29>(특허청과 그 소속기관 직제)
제1조(시행일) 이 씁은 공포한 날부터 시행한다.
제2조 생략
제3조(다른 법령의 개정) ① 부터 ⑦ 까지 생략
⑧ 실용신안법 시행령 일부를 다음과 같이 개정한다.
제6조제1항 및 제8조제4항 중 "산업자원부령"을 각각 "지식경제부령"으로 한다.
⑨ 및 ⑩ 생략
부칙 <제21054호,2008. 9.30>
제1조(시행일) 이 씁은 2008년 10월 1일부터 시행한다.
제2조(우선심사의 대상에 관한 적용례) 제5조의 개정규정은 이 씁 시행 후 최초로 제출되는 우선심사신청부터 적
용한다.
법제처 4 국가법령정보센터
「실용신안법 시행령」
부칙 <제21568호,2009. 6.26>
이 씁은 2009년 7월 1일부터 시행한다.
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