The protection period of Korean utility model patent is from the date of authorized registration to "from the date of application 10 year". However, unlike China's utility model patents, South Korea's utility model adopts the examination and registration system, and it takes about 10 months to obtain the license after applying to the Korean government.
South Korea's design patent shall take effect from the date of authorized registration and end in 15 years from the date of authorized registration. In the examination of design patents, the South Korean government adopts a parallel way of design examination and registration system and non-examination and registration system for the design of certain projects.
The object of Korean design patent does not need to examine the application.
-B 1 (clothes);
-C 1 (sheets, floor mats, curtains);
-F3 (office paper, printed matter);
-F4 (wrapping paper, packaging container);
-M 1 (textiles, etc. ).
The language of Korean patent application is Korean.