Schedule of Fees — Patents, Trademarks and Designs, Republic of Korea

Effective November 2026. Attorney's fees are in US dollars. Official fees are set by KIPO in Korean Won for electronic filing; the US$ figures are approximate at US$1 = KRW 1,400 and are billed at the exchange rate on the date of payment.

I. Application; Examination
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Application for patent (incl. PCT national phase entry) Official fee: KRW 56,000 if the specification is not prepared with KIPO software (no page surcharge for electronic filing).	800	46,000	33
Divisional application	800	46,000	33
Priority claim — earliest / each additional	100 / 50	18,000	13
Request for exemption from loss of novelty	100	–	–
Request for examination — basic Attorney's fee only when filed separately; no charge when filed with the application.	100	166,000	119
Request for examination — per claim	–	51,000	36
Response to an Office Action (argument and/or amendment) — flat fee per response	800	–	–
Addition of claims, per claim	–	51,000	36
Accelerated examination	300	200,000	143
Interview with the examiner	300	–	–
Extension of term, per month (1st–5th) No attorney's fee when filed with a response.	50	20,000 / 30,000 / 60,000 / 120,000 / 240,000	14 / 21 / 43 / 86 / 171

II. Appeals; Trials (IPTAB)
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Appeal against a decision of rejection	2,000	150,000 + 15,000 per claim	107 + 11
Trial for invalidation	3,000 basic + 100 per claim	150,000 + 15,000 per claim	107 + 11
Trial to confirm the scope of a patent right (demandant / respondent)	3,000 basic + 100 per claim	150,000 + 15,000 per claim (demandant)	107 + 11
Trials are charged on an hourly basis in excess of the basic fee.

III. Recordation; Other
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Transfer of a pending application — succession or merger / assignment (official fees included)	200	included	included
Recordation of transfer of a patent right, per right — succession / merger / assignment (official fees and registration tax included)	500	included	included
Change of name or address of the patentee	200	–	–
Warning letter to an infringer, or reply	500	–	–

IV. Registration; Annuities
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Registration and reporting (1st–3rd year annuities, incl. forwarding of the registration certificate)	400	45,000 + 39,000 per claim	32 + 28
Annuities per year: 4th–6th / 7th–9th / 10th–12th / 13th–20th (basic + per claim)	100	40,000 + 22,000 / 100,000 + 38,000 / 240,000 + 55,000 / 360,000 + 55,000	29 + 16 / 71 + 27 / 171 + 39 / 257 + 39
Lump-sum payment of two or more years from the 4th year: full fee for the first year, half for each remaining year.

V. Search; Translation
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Prior art search (patent, utility model, design or trademark), per subject	350	–	–
English-to-Korean translation of a patent application — up to 20 pages Machine translation, then reviewed and corrected for Korean practice by a Korean patent attorney; no per-word charge.	200	–	–
— each additional 10 pages or part thereof beyond 20 pages	100	–	–
Korean-to-English translation, per 100 English words	30	–	–
Pages are counted on the description, claims and abstract of the international publication (or, for a non-PCT application, of the English text in A4 format); drawings are not counted.

VI. Trademarks (fees per class unless stated otherwise)
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Application for trademark registration — first class / each additional class Official fee: KRW 46,000 per class if only KIPO-listed goods/services are used; plus KRW 2,000 per item in excess of 10 items in a class.	300 / 200	52,000	37
Claiming convention priority, per class	50	18,000	13
Request for expedited examination, per class	200	160,000	114
Response to an Office Action or to a provisional refusal of an international registration designating Korea (argument and/or amendment)	400	–	–
Registration (10 years) and reporting, incl. forwarding of the registration certificate Official fee: plus KRW 2,000 per item in excess of 10 items in a class. The registration fee may instead be paid in two 5-year instalments of KRW 122,000 each.	200	201,000	144
Renewal of registration (10 years), per class — within the year before expiry / within the 6-month grace period after expiry	200	300,000 / 330,000	214 / 236
Opposition (filing, or reply to an opposition)	1,200	50,000 (filing)	36
Appeal against a decision of rejection, per class	1,500	240,000	171
Trial for invalidation or cancellation (incl. non-use), per class	2,500 basic	240,000	171
Recordation of assignment of a trademark registration, per registration (official fees and registration tax included)	500	included	included
Recordation of a license, exclusive or non-exclusive (official fees and registration tax included)	500	included	included
Recordation of change of name or address of the owner	200	–	–

VII. Designs (fees per design unless stated otherwise)
Item	Attorney's fee (US$)	Official fee (KRW)	Official fee (approx. US$)
Application for design registration — (a) substantive examination	500	94,000	67
Application for design registration — (b) partial examination (e.g. clothing, textiles, wallpaper)	400	45,000	32
Each additional design in a multiple-design application Formal drawings are prepared from the views or CAD files supplied by the client; redrawing, if required, is charged at cost.	200	as (a) or (b)	–
Claiming convention priority	100	18,000	13
Request for expedited examination	300	70,000	50
Response to an Office Action or to a provisional refusal of an international registration designating Korea	500	–	–
Registration (1st to 3rd year) and reporting	200	per official schedule	–
Annuities from the 4th year (per year)	100	per official schedule	–
Appeal against a decision of rejection	1,500	240,000	171
Trial for invalidation	2,500 basic	240,000	171
Recordation of assignment of a design registration, per registration (official fees and registration tax included)	500	included	included
Recordation of change of name or address of the owner	200	–	–

Notes

Hourly rate: US$150–200.
Bank charges and courier expenses, if any, are charged at cost.
The small official fee for filing an amendment (KRW 4,000) is absorbed by us and not billed.
Trademark official fees above assume electronic filing with up to 10 designated goods/services per class. Trademark and design searches are charged as a prior art search (section V).

Worked example

One application: one priority claim, 10 claims, specification of up to 20 pages, one Office Action.

National phase entry with request for examination: attorney US$1,100 + official approx. US$529
One Office Action response: US$800 (no official fee billed)
Grant (registration and reporting, 1st–3rd year annuities): US$400 + approx. US$311

Estimated total to grant: approx. US$3,139

Attorney's fees US$2,300 + official fees KRW 1,175,000 (approx. US$839).

For a 40-page specification the translation review is US$400 instead of US$200; the official filing fee does not change with the number of pages for electronic filing.

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