Patent Act Article 13May 1, 2019

Joint ownership of the right to apply for patent

Where the right to apply for a patent is jointly owned, the right to apply for the patent shall not be assigned or abandoned without the consent of all joint owners.

Where the right to apply for a patent is jointly owned by two or more persons, none of the joint owners shall assign his/her own share therein to a third party without the consent of other joint owners.

Where one of the owners of the right to apply for a patent abandons his/her own share, this share shall be vested in other joint owner(s).

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