KIPO Announces Recruitment for 'New Electronic Application Software Pilot Experience Group'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on the 26th that it will recruit applicants for the ‘New Electronic Application Software (SW), Nationwide Pilot Experience Group’ from the 27th of this month to the 5th of next month.

The recruitment of the experience group is being promoted following the completion of the new electronic application software (KIPO Editor).

The new electronic application software has improved user inconveniences such as character corruption in the existing software, insufficient editing functions, lack of compatibility with commercial document creation software like Hangeul and MS WORD, and difficulty in verifying the occurrence of errors.

A major improvement is the correction of errors where content disappears or is corrupted when copying and pasting text written in commercial document creation software such as Hangeul and MS WORD into the electronic application software, and the addition of a feature that guides users to easily identify which parts are incorrect when the content does not match the standard format during conversion to the electronic application form.

Additionally, functions have been added to enhance user convenience, such as a document tracking feature that allows users to check how the content has changed before and after document edits, enabling easier and faster preparation of patent specifications. Furthermore, a function has been implemented that allows electronic applications to be submitted via email as a bypass route in case the patent application system is down and electronic application becomes impossible.

The experience group will play a role in improving the quality of the application service by using these new functions before they are publicly released to actual users, identifying inconveniences and areas for improvement in advance.

Park Jae-il, Director of the Information Systems Division at KIPO, said, “The improvement of the electronic application software will help reduce the time and effort required to prepare patent specifications and enable faster applications (priority claims). KIPO will continue to improve related systems so that patent customers can proceed with patent applications more easily and quickly.”

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