- The Government. local governments. the governments or local governments of foreign countries. or international organizations;
- National and public schools provided for in Article 3 of the Higher Education Act or national and public universities of foreign countries;
- Domestic and foreign national and public research institutions; and
4 . Corporations incorporated to run the patent information business which are designated and publicly notified by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 19697. Sep. 28. 2006]
Article 2 (Deposit of Micro-Organisms) Article 3 (Matters to be Entered in Patent Specifications of Invention related to Micro-Organism) Any person who intends to file a patent application for an invention related to a micro-organism shall enter in the specifications prescribed in Article 42 (2) of the Act. the deposit number issued by the depository or the international depository when he/she has deposited the microorganism pursuant to the main sentence of Article 2 0), and the method of acquisition of the micro-organism when he/she did not deposit it pursuant to the proviso to Article 2 0).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21567. Jun. 26. 2009J
Article 4 (Apportionment of Samples of Micro-Organism)
(1) A person who intends to practice an invention related to a microorganism deposited under Article 2 for the purpose of a test or research, may have samples of such micro-organism apportioned by the depository or international depository, in any of the following cases: (Amended by
Presidential Decree No. 15408. Jun. 26. 1997; Presidential Decree No. 17995. Jun. 13.2003; Presidential Decree No. 20127. Jun. 28. 2007; Presidential Decree No. 21567, Jun. 26. 2009) (2) No person who has samples of a micro-organism apportioned under
paragraph (1), shall allow another person to use the micro-organism. Article 5 (Descriptive Method of Scope of Patent Claim)
(1) When the claim (hereinafter referred to as "claim") within the scope of the patent claim provided for in Article 42 (8) of the Act is to be entered, the independent claim (hereinafter referred to as "independence") shall be entered and the dependent claim (hereinafter referred to as "dependence") that substantiates the independence by limiting or adding to it may be entered. In such cases, if it is deemed necessary, other dependence that shapes up the dependence by limiting or adding to it may be entered.
(Amended by Presidential Decree No. 19697. Sep. 28. 2006; Presidential Decree No. 20127. Jun. 28. 2007)
(2) The claim