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2025 STATISTICS SHOW RECORD NUMBER OF PATENT FILINGS AND CONTINUED RISE IN PATENT ALLOWANCE RATE

June 30, 2026

ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES, WHERE PROBLEM-SOLVING IDEA IS IDENTICAL, HELD INSUFFICIENT TO DEFEAT APPLICABILITY OF DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS

June 30, 2026

TRIAL BOARD'S DIFFERENT READING OF PRIOR ART, CITED IN EXAMINER'S REJECTION, HELD TO CONSTITUTE NEW GROUND OF REJECTION

June 30, 2026

HYDRATE COMPLEX OF DIFFERING COMPOSITION RATIO OF GENERIC COMPONENTS RULED UNEQUIVALENT TO PATENTED CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX THEREOF DEFINED BY A SPECIFIC RATIO

March 31, 2026

REFORMATION OF BRAND GOODS AT CUSTOMERS' REQUEST FOR PERSONAL USE HELD NOT TO CONSTITUTE TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT

March 31, 2026

MULTIPLE TRADE SECRET MISAPPROPRIATORS HELD JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY CULPABLE

March 31, 2026

KOREAN DESIGN PROTECTION SYSTEM REVISED

December 30, 2025

PROSECUTION HISTORY OF PARENT PATENT HELD DISPOSITIVE OF CLAIM INTERPRETATION OF ITS DIVISIONAL

December 30, 2025

ELIMINATION OF CLAIM ELEMENT FROM ENJOINED APPARATUS AFTER ISSUANCE OF INJUNCTION ORDER RULED INCAPABLE OF STOPPING EXECUTION THEREOF

December 30, 2025

Divisional Practice and Double Patenting in Korea

September 30, 2025