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KAIST Evaluation System
Invention Report
- The Intellectual Property & Tech-Transfer Center manages the intellectual property rights related to employee inventions of affiliated faculty and staff in accordance with Article 10 (2) of the Invention Promotion Act and the Rules on In-service Inventions.
- Employee inventions are intellectual property created by KAIST researchers (faculty, staff, etc.) in relation to their duties using the university’s research facilities or personnel.
- Inventors of employee inventions are required to report their inventions to their affiliated institution in accordance with relevant laws.
- How to report an employee invention : Submit the Employee Invention Report to the president of KAIST using the KAIST Intellectual Property and Tech-Transfer System PTMS (https://ptms.kaist.ac.kr).
Submission of invention reportresearcher
Receipt of invention reportITVC
Prior art searchdedicated patent office
Domestic invention evaluationITVC
Application requestITVC
Applicationdedicated patent office, ITVC
intermediate processingdedicated patent office, ITVC
patent registrationdedicated patent office, ITVC
maintenance of rightsITVC
Prior art search
Investigation of existing or similar prior art (publicly known technology) for the invention intended for patent application (within 14 days from the filing date)
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(Invention reporting stage) Evaluation of the patentability of
the invention intended for patent application
- Results of the patentability evaluation are utilized in the patent grading assessment
- Supplementary measures required if likelihood of registration is low
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(Application stage) Formulation of strategies for writing
claims in the patent specification
- Broaden scope of claims if there is no similar prior art
- Focus patent claims on actual examples not present in existing (unpublished) prior art
Invention review
Domestic patent application process
Employee invention report
Prior art search
Domestic invention evaluation review
re-review conducted only once등급별 평가점수 구간 및 취급 정보에 대한 표 Grade Score range Support A > 90 points domestic application support (candidate for overseas evaluation) B > 80 points domestic application support C > 70 points domestic provisional specification application D < 70 points no support for application costs - Approximately 60 days from receipt of invention report to patent application
- In case of urgent application, proceed with the provisional specification application, and then apply for invention evaluation
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cases without ITVC support
- Provisional specification application
- Expedited evaluation request
- cases with invention evaluation grade D
- Domestic/international patents through non-dedicated patent offices
- Joint patent with companies
patent application process
KAIST-supported cases
Report of employee invention
Notice of overseas evaluation review schedule
Overseas evaluation review
Jan, Apr, Jul, OctRe-evaluation
re-evaluation permitted once if not selected
invention evaluation grades
등급별 평가점수 구간 및 취급 정보에 대한 표 Grade Score range Support A 91 - 100 points PCT + support for 2 countries B 81 - 90 points PCT or support for 1 developed country C < 80 points not eligible for overseas application -
Other References
Domestic patent application roadmap
Filing a provisional application
Provisional application can be used if papers have not yet been published.
- Papers or lab notes can be submitted as they are to secure patent filing dates. This is known as provisional application in the United States.
- Filing a provisional application saves time in drafting a full patent specification, which speeds up the patent application process.
- A formal application must be submitted within one year of filing the provisional application. Provisional application costs are not supported by the school (under-paid after invention evaluation)
Patent application process should be initiated as soon as possible if papers have been published.
- Patent applications can be filed within one year from the publication date (journal publication, seminar presentation) in Korea, US, Japan, etc. (not possible in China and Europe).
- Specify the publication date in the invention report.
Overseas patent application roadmap
Comparison of PCT international application and general overseas application procedures
Overseas application strategy
To retroactively apply the point of determining the patentability of the invention to the initial domestic filing date, overseas application or PCT application must be completed within one year from the initial domestic filing date !- Application in one or two countries, target country can be determined, overseas application costs are manageable -> More advantageous to apply directly to the country concerned (based on the Paris Convention)
- Target country difficult to confirm, overseas application costs are considered expensive as almost one year has elapsed from the initial filing date → Bear the cost of PCT application to gain an additional six months(PCT application cost is used to secure more time)
