Examination of Invention
The examination of invention is necessary in the case of invention patent and petty patent.
When the application for invention patent is published. the applicant must lodge a request for another examination whether the invention fulfills the qualification of patentability, namely, novelty, Inventive step and industrial applicability within five years as from the publication. Should the process is involved with an opposition and an appeal, the applicant must lodge the request within one year after the ruling of the Patent Committee becomes final. The failure to file the request within the abovementioned duration shall be deemed the abandonment of the application.