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A Korean provisional application secures a filing date for your invention without requiring a fully formatted specification, claims, or drawings. Within 12 months you convert it into a full Korean patent application and keep that earlier priority date.
A provisional accepts your material as-is — papers, idea notes, slide decks. It does not become a granted patent on its own. Within 12 months you must file a full Korean application (with formal claims, abstract and drawings) to start the path toward registration. iphere reuses your provisional content automatically when you convert.
The filing date locked in by your provisional is valid for 12 months. Within that window you can either convert it to a full Korean patent application or claim it as a Paris Convention priority for foreign filings (US, EP, CN, JP and so on).
Once your documents are uploaded and payment is complete, your case is officially filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) within 1–2 business days. The official receipt with the application number appears in your dashboard right after submission.
A single document describing the invention (paper, idea note, slide deck — any format) and any drawings or images you have. iphere handles Korean translation, KIPO formatting and filing — you focus on the invention itself.
After filing you get (1) the official KIPO receipt with your application number and filing date, (2) a priority document you can use for foreign filings, and (3) a 12-month timeline with reminders so the conversion to a full application is never missed.
Concierge fee starts at ₩ 89,000 per provisional filing — covers attorney review, POA handling and your filing receipt. KIPO official fees (70% auto-discount for natural-person applicants) are billed separately. There is no subscription or platform fee.
Yes. You can register several cases at once and manage them on one screen, tracking each case's progress and its 12-month deadline to convert to a full application. Costs are itemized transparently per case; no coupon code needed.
Yes. Korea is a member of the Paris Convention, so your Korean filing date can be used as a priority claim within 12 months in member states such as Europe, China and Japan. The priority document is generated automatically after filing.
Yes. A Korean provisional accepts English source materials directly (we handle the Korean side), and Korean attorneys format them for KIPO. You can secure a filing date even without a fully formatted specification or claims, typically at a lower cost than a full application.
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