Korean-English Translation
Korean Patent
& IP Translation Services
We are a preferred vendor of Korean Intellectual Property Translations Inc. providing Korean to English translations of all types of intellectual property rights agreements (지식재산권 계약), patent filings, notices of office action (notices of grant, rejection, final rejection), scope of patent claims, abstracts, patent tribunal hearing proceedings, and license agreements (특허결정서, 특허출원서, 선행 문헌, 기술실시 계약/라이선스 계약).
We regularly provide translations for a number of patent offices, inventors, and IP departments of private companies, and are a preferred vendor of many language agencies and law firms when it comes to handling the translation of Korean patent prosecution documents.
While we regularly receive Korean patent translation requests covering a wide range of background art (배경 기술), the most commonly requested are mechanical, computing, semiconductor, telecommunication, wireless communication, shipbuilding, pharmaceutical, medical device, and automobile-related patent documents.
Rush service is available for most Korean patent translation requests. We have one team for Monday to Friday, and a separate team for weekends and public holidays.
Patent Applications, Filings & Publications
Korean Office Actions
Patent & IP License Agreements
Patent & IP Prosecution
Korea has really emerged as a global technology leader in the past few decades, and patents are important to Korea for this reason. It is absolutely imperative that companies — and the people who rely on those companies — protect their technology and market share worldwide.
The Korean Intellectual Property Office defines patents as "the highly advanced creation of technical ideas utilizing laws of nature." Ideas, economic theories, and mathematical formulas are useful, but they cannot be patented. However, this changes when these concepts are applied to make something new that is applicable to an industry. Medical practices are generally not patentable, but related inventions — such as medical devices or methods of processing — can be.
KIPRIS (Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service) is an excellent source for locating prior art and Korean patent documents. One notable difference between the United States and Korean patent systems is that a request for examination of an application may be made at any time within three years — otherwise the application is considered abandoned. Abandoned and rejected Korean patent applications can also be accessed and viewed on KIPRIS.
We have experience translating documents for routine patent inquiries, confirmation of office action content, and many major translation projects involving patent prosecution documents across a wide variety of subject matter.
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