Non-face-to-face 'Unmanned Document Submission' Available for Patent Applications and Registrations

How to Use the Contactless Unmanned Reception System. Provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Submission of patent applications and registrations, trial documents, and recruitment documents will become possible through non-face-to-face methods.

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced that starting from the 18th, it will open an 'Unmanned Document Submission System' to accept intellectual property-related documents such as applications outside of working hours through non-face-to-face submission.

The unmanned document submission is available at the KIPO headquarters (inside the Government Daejeon Complex) and on the first floor of the Seoul office. To ensure transparency of submission times, the unmanned document submission machine sets the submission time based on the moment the input door closes after document submission, synchronized with Korea Standard Time.

Additionally, KIPO explained that barcodes are automatically attached to envelopes to prevent the risk of document loss and the possibility of modifying submission information in advance.

The list of documents that can be submitted using the unmanned document submission machine includes intellectual property-related documents such as applications, registrations, and trials, as well as general administrative documents like recruitment papers.

Before the introduction of the unmanned document submission machine, applicants had to meet with on-duty staff at the KIPO headquarters (or Seoul office) in person if they needed to urgently submit documents after working hours on the submission deadline day.

However, with the introduction of the non-face-to-face service, KIPO expects to secure transparency in document submission times and ensure the safety of administrative services amid the prolonged infectious disease situation.

Park Jae-il, head of the Information Systems Division at KIPO, said, “The non-face-to-face unmanned document submission system was established to make it easy to submit documents with imminent deadlines,” adding, “We will continuously improve the system so that applicants do not face difficulties in submitting documents.”

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