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Revision of Official Fees for Annuities(Effective from January 1, 2008)
The Korean Intellectual Property Office has revised the official fees for annuities which become effective as of January 1, 2008. It reduced a part of the annuities as follows: 

    1. As to Patent Annuities;

      The official fees for the 1st to 3rd and 4th to 9th annuities have been reduced. The official fees for 
      all other annuities remain the same.

    2. As to Utility Model Registration Annuities;

      The official fees for the 1st to 3rd and 4th to 9th annuities have been reduced. The official fees for 
      all other annuities remain the same.

    3. As to Design Registration Annuities;

      The official fees for all annuities remain the same.

Below are tables of the revised official fees for the annuities and the comparison of the previous 
and revised fees after they become effective.



OFFICIAL FEES FOR ANNUITIES

                                                                                                      (Unit : Korean Currency) 
Year
Patent
Utility Model
Registration
Design 
Registration
1st-3rd
(each year)
 22,000
 +15,000 x (the number of claims)
 17,000
 +4,000 x (the number of claims)
25,000
4th-6th
(each year)
 51,000
 +23,000 x (the number of claims)
 36,000
 +9,000 x (the number of claims)
35,000
7th-9th
(each year)
 114,000
 +38,000 x (the number of claims)
 76,000
 +14,000 x (the number of claims)
70,000
10th-12th
(each year)
 240,000
 +55,000 x (the number of claims)
 160,000
 +20,000 x (the number of claims)
140,000
13th-15th
(each year)
 360,000
 +55,000 x (the number of claims)
 240,000
 +20,000 x (the number of claims)
210,000
16th-18th
(each year)
 360,000
 +55,000 x (the number of claims)
NIL
NIL
19th-21th
(each year)
 360,000
 +55,000 x (the number of claims)
NIL
NIL
22th-25th
(each year)
 360,000
 +55,000 x (the number of claims)
NIL
NIL