Intellectual Property Rights
Definition of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property refers to items created through human creativity, discovered knowledge, information, technology, expressions of ideas or emotions, product sales or displays, breed or genetic sources, or other immaterial forms, the value of which can be realized in terms of capital. What are intellectual property rights? Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are the rights to intellectual property, as recognized or protected by the law or agreements, including immaterial rights, such as industrial rights, copyright, and new knowledge rights.
IPR Application Process
1) IPR Application Process
Process
Submission of invention report (input into system) → Patent interview → Decision by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Director or Intellectual Property Rights Review Committee on the transference of the item for local application based on the patent evaluation report
Frequency
Once or twice a month (approx. every two weeks)
Application Period
Up to 10 days before the patent interview
2) International IPR Application
Process
Selection as a technology of excellence and technology with international patent application in the local patent evaluation report → In-depth patent interview → In-depth patent evaluation report (including decisions on the extent of support for international patenting) → Decision by the Intellectual Property Rights Review Committee upon the transference of the item for international application
Frequency
Once or twice a month
Application Period
Within nine months from the date of the local patent
Patent Interview Procedure
Stage 1
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Application for patent interview
(Through the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation ERP System)
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Patent interview
(Technological overview)
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Patent evaluation
report
(Decision made on the provision of local support, as decided by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Director or Intellectual Property Rights Review Committee)
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Request for IPR
acquisition process
(Official IPR organizations)
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IPR technology
review and statement
(With the inventor)
Stage 2
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Technology of excellence and
technology with international
patent application
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In-depth patent interview
(Presentation evaluation)
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In-depth patent
evaluation report
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Included in the
Intellectual Property
Rights Committee
agenda
(Decision on the extent of support for international patenting)
Support per Grade Point
Table on the extent of IPR support per grade point: Summarizes the standards, the extent of support, and other items per patent grade point
Patent Grade |
Standards |
Support |
Others |
S |
Converted selection evaluation point ≥ 85 |
Support for local patenting, PCT, and one specific country |
All fees required for both local and international patenting |
A |
Converted selection evaluation point ≥ 75 |
Support for local patenting and PCT or one specific country |
All fees required for local patenting; support provided only for the PCT or patenting process in the chosen country |
B |
Converted selection evaluation point ≥ 65 |
Support for local patenting and PCT or one specific country |
All fees required for local patenting |
C |
65 ≥ Converted selection evaluation point ≥ 55 |
- |
No support |
* IPR processes for purposes other than achievement records may have partial changes in the scope of support.
Patenting Notes
Patenting takes priority over paper publication or product release.
If the invention is revealed before the patent is acquired, patent registration cannot be made one year after the date of the reveal.
In such a case, the item is deemed “publicly unknown” (to be listed in the application) and filed as such.
If an identical invention is patented before the patent application, the invention may not be registered.
International patenting must be carried out within one year from the date of local patenting. If the invention is disclosed through an academic study (publication or presentation before local patenting), the invention cannot be patented in China and the European Union.