WIPO - PCT Applicant's Guide KP - República Popular Democrática de Corea
Oficina de Invenciones de la República Popular Democrática de Corea

    En vigor desde 13 de marzo de 2025
    (publicado en 13 de marzo de 2025)

    Resumen de los últimos cambios en esta versión
    RO: Incorporation by reference
    Summary of requirements for entry into the national phase: Restoration of the right of priority, Reinstatement of rights
    Consulte la lista completa de cambios

    [MT] Información útil sobre el hotel

    [MT] La Guía del solicitante del PCT se actualiza casi semanalmente con la información recibida por la Oficina Internacional.
    In case of question, please contact the Office or the International Bureau: pct.guide@wipo.int.
    [MT] Lista de abreviaturas utilizadas en el presente documento:
    Office: Intellectual Property Administration (IPA) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    LI: Law on Inventions
    RLI: Regulations under the Law on Inventions
    [MT] Lista de monedas utilizadas en este documento:
    CHF (franco suizo), EUR (Euro), KPW (won de Corea del Norte)
    [MT] Países y oficinas de información:
    The list of acronyms used for Offices is no longer shown as it has been integrated in the mouseover functionality for each ST.3 code shown in this document.
    Refer to List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines formerly Annex K, List of country names and two-letter codes. It includes a list of short names and two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations and their Offices in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is as set out in WIPO Standard ST.3.
    Also refer to PCT Contracting States formerly Annex A.
    [MT] Perfil de oficina
    For more technical information about the Office, refer to ePCT Office profile.
    [MT] Reservas, declaraciones, notificaciones e incompatibilidades del PCT
    The Office does not have any reservations, declarations, notifications or incompatibilities.
    Refer to the full list.
    [MT] Fechas cerradas
    The Office is closed weekly on Saturday and Sunday
    Additional closed dates can be consulted on the Office Closed dates page

    [MT] Fase internacional

    [MT] Anexo B - Información sobre los Estados Contratantes o las Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

    [MT] Estado Contratante:
    República Popular Democrática de Corea
    [MT] Código de dos letras:
    KP
    [MT] Nombre de la oficina:
    Oficina de Invenciones de la República Popular Democrática de Corea
    [MT] Ubicación:
    Kinmaul Dong No. 1
    Bipa Street
    Moranbong District Pyongyang
    Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    [MT] Dirección postal:
    Same as above
    [MT] Teléfono:
    (850-2) 18111/999 (ext. 381-8433)
    [MT] Correo electrónico:
    ipa817@star-co.net.kp
    [MT] Sitio web:
    None
    [MT] Fax:
    None
    [MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina la presentación de documentos por fax o por medios similares ( Regla 92.4 del PCT )?
    Yes, by e-mail
    [MT] ¿Qué tipos de documentos pueden transmitirse de esta manera?
    All kinds of documents
    [MT] ¿Debe presentarse el original del documento en todos los casos?
    No, only the original power of attorney document must be furnished within three months from the filing date of the international application
    [MT] ¿ Aceptaría la Oficina pruebas de envío de un documento, en caso de pérdida o retraso, cuando se utilice un servicio de entrega distinto de las autoridades postales ( Regla 82.1 del PCT )?
    Sí
    [MT] ¿ Está la Oficina dispuesta a permitir que los solicitantes pongan sus solicitudes a disposición del Servicio de Acceso Digital de la OMPI para Documentos de Prioridad ( DAS ) ( Regla 17.1 b bis ) del PCT )?
    More information about WIPO DAS is available at: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/das.
    No
    [MT] Oficina (s) receptora (s) competente (s) para las solicitudes internacionales presentadas por nacionales o residentes de este Estado:
    IB,
    KP
    [MT] ¿Restringe la legislación nacional la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en Oficinas extranjeras?
    Refer to the Office
    [MT] Oficina (s) competente (s) designada (s) (o elegida (s)) para este Estado:
    Refer to corresponding National Phase.
    KP
    [MT] Tipos de protección disponibles a través del PCT:
    Inventors’ certificates,
    Patents,
    Petty inventors’ certificates,
    Petty patents
    [MT] Métodos de pago aceptados por la Oficina:
    Refer to the Office
    [MT] Disponibilidad en virtud de la legislación nacional para una búsqueda internacional de tipo (artículo 15 del PCT):
    None
    [MT] Protección provisional después de la publicación internacional:
    Sí
    From such time as a translation has been made available to the public, by laying open for public inspection as provided under Article 57 of the Law on Inventions.
    [MT] Información de interés si este Estado Contratante es designado ( o elegido )
    [MT] Fecha en que se deben indicar el nombre y la dirección del inventor:
    Must be in the request. If the data concerning the inventor are missing at the expiry of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit of two months from the date of invitation.
    [MT] ¿Existen disposiciones especiales relativas al depósito de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos?
    No

    [MT] Anexo C - Oficina receptora

    [MT] Oficina de recepción competente para los nacionales y residentes de:
    República Popular Democrática de Corea
    [MT] Idioma en que podrán presentarse las solicitudes internacionales:
    If the language in which the international application is filed is not accepted by the International Searching Authority (refer to Annex D), the applicant will have to furnish a translation (PCT Rule 12.3).
    English,
    French,
    Korean,
    Russian
    Number of copies required by the receiving Office if the international application is filed on paper:
    3
    [MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en forma electrónica?
    Information not yet available
    [MT] ¿ La Oficina receptora acepta la incorporación por remisión ( Regla 20.6 del PCT )?
    Sí
    [MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de dibujos en color de manera oficiosa y los transmite a la Oficina Internacional?
    Refer to the Office
    [MT] ¿ La Oficina receptora acepta peticiones de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 26bis.3 del PCT )?
    Yes, please refer to the Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests
    [MT] Autoridad competente encargada de la búsqueda internacional:
    AT,
    CN,
    RU
    [MT] Autoridad competente para el examen preliminar internacional:
    AT,
    RU

    CN
    The Office is competent only if the international search is or has been carried out by that Office.
    Fees payable to the RO:
    [MT] Tarifa de transmisión:
    Equivalent in KPW of 50 CHF
    [MT] Tasa de presentación internacional:
    This fee is reduced by 90% if certain conditions apply (refer to Annex C(IB)).
    Equivalent in KPW of 1,330 CHF
    [MT] Tarifa por hoja superior a 30:
    Equivalent in KPW of 15 CHF
    [MT] Tasa de búsqueda:
    Equivalent in KPW of the search fee payable to the International Searching Authority chosen by the applicant:
    Refer to
    Annex D(AT)
    Annex D(CN)
    Annex D(RU)
    [MT] Tasa por documento de prioridad ( Regla 17.1 b) del PCT):
    Fee for copying and mailing costs
    [MT] ¿Es necesario un agente para la Oficina receptora?
    No, if the applicant resides in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    Yes, if the applicant is a non-resident
    [MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?
    Any patent agent
    [MT] Renuncia al poder:
    [MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de presentar un poder por separado?
    Refer to the Office
    [MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de que se presente una copia de un poder general?
    Refer to the Office

    [MT] Fase nacional

    [MT] Resumen de los requisitos para entrar en la fase nacional

    [MT] Plazos aplicables para la entrada en la fase nacional:
    Under PCT Article 22(1): 30 months from the priority date
    Under PCT Article 39(1)(a): 30 months from the priority date
    [MT] ¿ Permite la Oficina la restitución de derechos ( Regla 49.6 del PCT )?
    Sí
    [MT] Traducción de la solicitud internacional requerida a ( uno de ) los siguientes idiomas :
    Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation has been paid
    Korean
    [MT] Contenidos requeridos de la traducción para entrar en la fase nacional:
    Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation has been paid
    Under PCT Article 22: Description, claims (if amended, both as originally filed and as amended, together with any statement under PCT Article 19), any text matter of drawings, abstract
    Under PCT Article 39(1): Description, claims, any text matter of drawings, abstract (if any of those parts has been amended, both as originally filed and as amended by the annexes to the international preliminary examination report)
    [MT] ¿Se requiere una copia de la solicitud internacional en circunstancias particulares?
    No
    [MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina dibujos en color en virtud de su legislación nacional?
    Refer to the Office
    [MT] Tasas nacionales:
    If not already paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to pay the national fee within two months from the date of invitation
    [MT] Patentes
    [MT] Cuota de presentación
    Equivalent in KPW of 230 EUR
    [MT] Cargo adicional por entrega tardía de la traducción, por mes
    Equivalent in KPW of 30 EUR
    [MT] Certificado del inventor
    None
    [MT] Exenciones, reducciones o reembolsos de tasas :
    None
    [MT] Requisitos especiales de la Oficina ( Regla 51 bis del PCT) :
    If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit of two months from the date of invitation
    Name and address of the inventor if they have not been furnished in the “Request” part of the international application
    This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.
    Inventor’s declaration
    This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.
    Assignment deed where the applicant is not the inventor
    This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.
    Appointment of an agent if the applicant is not resident in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    Translation of the international application to be furnished in two copies
    [MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?
    Any patent agent
    [MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina el efecto de la restauración del derecho de prioridad por la Oficina receptora ( Regla 49ter.1 del PCT )?
    Sí
    [MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina solicitudes de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 49ter.2 del PCT )?
    Yes, please refer to the Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests

    [MT] El procedimiento en la fase nacional

    [MT] KP.01 TRADUCCIÓN (PRODUCCIÓN TARDIA DE )
    If the translation of the international application has not been furnished by the applicant within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation can still be furnished within a further period of three months, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation, indicated in the Summary, has been paid within those three months.
    [MT] KP.02 TRADUCCIÓN ( CORRECCIÓN )
    Errors in the translation of the international application can be corrected with reference to the text of the international application as filed (refer to National Phase, paragraphs NP 6.002 and NP 6.003).
    [MT] KP.03 TASAS (FORMA DE PAGO)
    The manner of payment of the fees indicated in the Summary and in this Chapter is outlined in Annex KP.I.
    [MT] KP.04 PODER DE ADVOCACIA
    A patent agent must be appointed by a power of attorney. A model is given in Annex KP.IV.
    [MT] KP.05 DECLARACIÓN DEL INVENTOR
    For details, refer to the model for such declaration in Annex KP.II. Legalization is not required. For time limits, refer to the Summary.
    [MT] KP.06 ACTO DE CESIÓN
    For details, refer to the model for such deed in Annex KP.III. Legalization is not required. For time limits, refer to the Summary. If the applicant(s) has (have) obtained the right to file the international application through the intermediary of one or more other persons and not directly from the inventor(s), the assignment deed(s) linking the inventor(s) and the applicant(s) must be produced.
    [MT] KP.07 TASAS ANUALES
    LI Art. 26,
    RLI Art. 40

    Once a decision is made to grant a patent, the applicant becomes liable to pay to the Office an annual fee for each year following the international filing date. The first payment of annual fees is due within three months after receipt by the applicant of the decision that a patent will be granted and must comprise the annual fees for each year which has lapsed after the international filing date and the year during which the payment is made. Payment for each of the subsequent years must be made within three months before the anniversary of the international filing date on which the year commences or, where a supplement for late payment is also paid, within six months after the said anniversary. For the amount of these fees, refer to Annex KP.I.
    [MT] KP.08 MODIFICACIÓN DE LA SOLICITUD; PLAZOS
    Artículo 28 del PCT,
    Artículo 41 del PCT,
    RLI Art. 29

    Until the end of the examination procedure, the applicant may make amendments to the description, claims and drawings, provided that the scope of the subject matter of the application is not broadened thereby.
    [MT] KP.09 EXAMEN CON ARREGLO AL ARTÍCULO 25 DEL PCT
    Artículo 25 del PCT,
    Regla 51 del PCT

    The applicable procedure is outlined in paragraphs NP 6.018 to NP 6.021 of the National Phase. If, upon review under PCT Article 25, the Office denies an error or omission on the part of the receiving Office or the International Bureau, an appeal against this decision may be lodged within two months from the decision.
    [MT] KP.10 EXCUSACIÓN DE DEMORA EN EL LIMITE DE TIEMPO DE LAS REUNIONES
    Artículo 24.2) del PCT,
    Artículo 48.2) del PCT

    Reference is made to paragraphs NP 6.022 to NP 6.027 of the National Phase. Where the applicant has failed to observe a time limit in the proceedings, he may request restoration of his rights; such a request must be presented in writing and indicate the reason for missing the time limit; at the same time, the omitted act must be completed.
    [MT] KP.11 CERTIFICADO DE INVENTOR
    Artículo 4.3) del PCT,
    Artículo 43 del PCT,
    Regla 49bis.1 del PCT,
    Regla 49bis.1.c) del PCT,
    Regla 76.5 del PCT

    Subject to what is said in paragraph KP.13, any desire of the applicant to obtain, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on the basis of an international application, an inventor’s certificate instead of a patent, must have been indicated, for international applications filed before 1 January 2004, in the international application (in Box No. V of the request) when filed; for international applications filed on or after 1 January 2004, since the request form no longer provides for the furnishing of such an indication, the applicant, when performing the acts referred to in PCT Article 22 or 39, shall so indicate to the Office.
    KP.12
    The requirements for the national phase are basically the same as for patents, except that no fees must be paid for an inventor’s certificate.
    KP.13
    LI Art. 32,
    RLI Art. 49

    An international application for a patent or, once a patent has been granted, that patent, may be converted into an application for an inventor’s certificate or into an inventor’s certificate, upon entering the national phase or at any time thereafter. Fees which have already been paid by the time of filing the request for conversion will not be refunded.

    [MT] Anexos 10

    [MT] Anexo KP.I - Tasas
    [MT] Tasa nacional ( de presentación )
    Published in PCT Gazette No. 28/2003, of 10 July 2003, page 15884.
    equivalent in KPW of 230 EUR
    [MT] Procedimiento nacional de solicitud PCT
    Published in PCT Gazette No. 28/2003, of 10 July 2003, page 15884.
    equivalent in KPW of 230 EUR
    [MT] Solicitud de prórroga del mandato (por mes)
    equivalent in KPW of 30 EUR
    [MT] Inscripción:
    [MT] — de cesión de derechos
    equivalent in KPW of 80 EUR
    [MT] — de cambio o modificación
    equivalent in KPW of 60 EUR
    [MT] Presentar una apelación
    equivalent in KPW of 130 EUR
    [MT] Para la concesión de patentes
    equivalent in KPW of 230 EUR
    [MT] Tasas anuales ( que se pagarán antes de la fecha de vencimiento ) :
    [MT] — para los años 1 a 3 ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 130 EUR
    [MT] — para los años 4º a 6º ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 170 EUR
    [MT] — para los años 7º a 9º ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 330 EUR
    [MT] — para los años 10º a 12º ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 400 EUR
    [MT] — para los años 13º a 15º ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 465 EUR
    [MT] — para los años 16º a 20º ( por año )
    equivalent in KPW of 600 EUR
    [MT] ¿Cómo se puede efectuar el pago de las tasas?
    Applicants who are foreign nationals or foreign entities must pay all fees (including annual fees) through a patent attorney.
    [MT] Formularios
    The following documents are maintained by the Office. Refer to the Office website (Annex B) for latest version and other languages.
    Annex KP.II - Inventor’s declaration
    Annex KP.III - Assignment deed
    Annex KP.IV - Power of attorney
    Versión actual en vigor desde 13 de marzo de 2025 , impresa en 14 de febrero de 2026
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