KIPO "Improving the 'Digital Patent Trial System' to Match User Expectations"

The digital patent trial system has been improved to suit the digital environment and the users' level, and will be fully operational.

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced that it will launch and operate the "2nd Digital Patent Trial System" starting from the 20th. This system is expected to enable swift and accurate trial services by allowing trial parties to check and manage patent trial cases all at once on the Patentro platform.

With the system improvements, all documents and evidence related to trial cases can be integrated and viewed at once on Patentro, which is expected to primarily resolve the previous inconvenience of having to check documents and materials for each trial case separately.

Additionally, for notifications that were previously sent via online and postal mail, KIPO explained that the mobile notification service has been expanded and applied so that individuals without representatives do not miss any documents related to their cases.

The psychological support functions for trial examiners and the evidence management system have also been strengthened. Accordingly, accessibility to necessary materials and judgment efficiency during the trial process are expected to improve. Furthermore, when issuing certificates, personal information can be automatically masked, allowing users to receive certificates that protect their personal information.

Moreover, KIPO expanded the automation of trial-related tasks by applying artificial intelligence and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology through the system improvements. The automatic inspection targets for trial documents now include 80 major types of trial documents and 18 types of rejection reasons. Necessary information is automatically extracted and checked from trial documents and attached images, reducing the processing time for trial-related tasks.

The system improvements are part of a project running from last year through next year, with a budget of 2.5 billion KRW allocated for this year's work.

Lee In-su, Director of the Industrial Property Information Bureau at KIPO, said, "The 2nd Digital Patent Trial System is expected to improve the inconveniences faced by patent trial users and enhance internal work processing efficiency," adding, "KIPO will continue to apply the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence, to realize user-centered patent administration."

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