The Korean Intellectual Property Office KIPO will begin to implement new patent charging standards on August 1, 2023, including a 10% reduction in annual fees. KIPO hopes to reduce the burden caused by the cost of maintaining patents for enterprises and focus more on technological innovation .
The cost of trademark registration in Korea has been reduced by 10,000 won, but if the number of designated product categories exceeds 10, additional fees will begin (20 before the revision).
In addition, in order to solve the problem of many companies abusing divisional applications to delay examination, patent divisional applications will be charged progressively according to the number of divisions. The second divisional application will be charged 2 times the application fee, and the third divisional application will be charged 3 times the application fee. The application fee is 4 times for the 4th time and 5 times for the 5th time and above. At the same time, the patent examination fee has also been increased. The basic fee has increased from 143,000 won to 166,000 won (approximately RMB 880), and the title surcharge has increased from 44,000 won to 51,000 won (approximately RMB 270). ). KIPO stated that its examination fees are still much lower than other patent offices, and this increase in official fees is only to reduce financial losses.
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