Today, we will learn about “the 4th industry and patent overview”. Among them, today, we will discuss “Electronic Application of Patent 3 - Drawings and Specifications”.
1. Drawings: Visual means to illustrate the invention
The direction of the patent specification may vary depending on the field of the invention, the idea to be expressed, and which components are to be determined. Drawings, as a visual means for explaining the invention, are essential elements in most patents and utility models, and the types and numbers of drawings may vary according to the idea to be expressed. In a specification, only one drawing can be arranged horizontally, and in general, it is limited to an image having a size of 165 mm in width and 222 mm in height and a resolution of 300 dpi.
2. Electronic application procedure
The electronic application of a patent consists of part 1) issuance of a patent customer number on the Korean patent office’s official website (patent.go.kr), registration of a certificate, electronic application software download and installation, and part 2) writing a specification and filling forms using the installed software to submit a patent online. .
A user application can be conveniently processed on the patent.go.kr website. However, the applicant's personal seal or signature is required, so it is advisable to prepare them in advance. Encryption of your patent account is required and thus registration of a encryption ceertificate is required. Although a certificate from a bank is usable, Korea Trade Information and Communication also issues an exclusive certificate for the Korean Intellectual Property Office. If you register a public certificate, you can download document creation software. Patent documents can be executed and created by the integrated specification preparation program, and the form can be executed and created by downloading the form maker. After executing the integrated specification creation program, the specification (name of the invention, technical field, description of the background of the invention, content of the invention, brief description of drawings, specific content for carrying out the invention, description of signs, claims, abstract, representative drawings, drawings) is written and extracted as an .xml file. After that, you need to fill out forms such as an application form, which can be easily filled out through the form maker provided by patent.go.kr website. After filling out the forms, submit it online by attaching the specification prepared through the integrated specification creation program. When filing online, you will be issued a receipt number, application number, and a trial number, which can be used to inquire about the process and results of patent submission.
Today, we looked into “Electronic Application of Patent 3 - Drawings and Specifications” among the 4th industry and patent overview. In the next lesson, we will study “Outline of Intellectual Property Rights and Recent Trends”.
*I am a student learning IP, not an IP expert. Translation is also a translator and my short English skills. I hope it will be helpful to those who do not have the relevant knowledge or those who want to learn about IP.
*The above is what I learned from Professor Oh's lecture on the 4th industrial revolution and patents, which can be viewed through K-mooc. Here is the link to the lecture (you may not be able to view it without logging in).
kmooc.kr/courses/course-v1:CAUk+CAU02K+2021_1/course
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