Patent Office Grade 6 (Examiner) Career Competitive Recruitment Application Opens Next Month

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on the 15th that it will accept applications for the 2021 second half general civil servant level 6 (examiner) career competitive recruitment from the 1st to the 7th of next month.

The number of recruits is 26, including 3 general administrative positions and 23 technical positions.

The technical fields are subdivided into ▲industrial fields: electrical (2), physics (1), chemical engineering (10) ▲agricultural field: general agriculture (1) ▲medical technology field (3) ▲pharmaceutical affairs (1) ▲broadcasting and telecommunications field: transmission technology (2) ▲computer field: data (2) ▲environmental field: water quality (1).

KIPO plans to reinforce experts in the biohealthcare, artificial intelligence, and display technology fields where patent applications have recently increased, as well as in next-generation battery and environmental technology fields where the importance of eco-friendly technology is highlighted through this second half recruitment.

The recruited examiners will perform the role of examining whether patents, designs, trademarks, etc., created by researchers and companies can be legally protected, thereby granting intangible rights.

Other detailed information regarding the recruitment can be checked on the KIPO website or the Ministry of Personnel Management’s Nara Work portal starting from the 17th of this month.

Gu Young-min, Director of the Operations Support Division at KIPO, said, “Through continuous recruitment of excellent examiners, we will provide prompt and accurate examination services and support inventions to be firmly protected as intellectual property rights.”

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