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(270) Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as
International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority for
International Applications Received by the USPTO
Effective January 1, 2006, the Korean Intellectual Property Office will
act as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International
Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for
international applications filed with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) as a Receiving Office provided that the
applications are submitted in the English language and the Korean
Intellectual Property Office is chosen as a competent authority by the
applicants of said applications.
The USPTO will collect the search fees from the applicants, and will
transmit the search fees to the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The
search fee for the Korean Intellectual Property Office acting as an ISA for
international applications received by the USPTO is $218 effective January
1, 2006. Any other fees necessary for search or examination or incidental
thereto will be paid by applicants directly to the Korean Intellectual
Property Office.
All correspondence between the Korean Intellectual Property Office and
the USPTO or the applicants will be in English.
The concluded agreement between the USPTO and the Korean Intellectual
Property Office for the establishment of the Korean Intellectual Property
Office as an International Searching Authority and International
Preliminary Examining Authority follows.
December 22, 2005 JON W. DUDAS
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[1302 OG 1278]
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