(REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
(WIPO code: KR) (last revised March 2022)
by KOREANA PATENT FIRM, Seoul - Mr. HaeSun Park, Mr. YoonMin Lee, Mr. SungJin Hong, Patent Attorneys
(REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
(WIPO code: KR) (last revised March 2022)
by KOREANA PATENT FIRM, Seoul - Mr. HaeSun Park, Mr. YoonMin Lee, Mr. SungJin Hong, Patent Attorneys
Korea, comprising a total area of 223,626 sq. km and a population of 77,197,023 (estimated 2020), was occupied and divided into two zones as a result of a war, which began on June 25, 1950, and lasted until an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.
Zone I: The South Koreans formed the Republic of Korea in May 1948, with Seoul as the capital. The republic was formally proclaimed on August 15, 1948.
Zone II: The North Koreans formed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in May 1948, with Pyongyang as the capital. North Korea -DPRK was formally proclaimed on September 9, 1948.
100,412 sq. km.
51,829,023.
Seoul with 9,668,465 (estimated 2020).
Korean.
won.
(2020): U.S.$ 1,650 billion.
(2020): U.S.$ 467,632 million.
(2020): U.S.$ 512,498 million.
Statistics (2020) |
Filed | Issued | ||
Total by foreigners | Total to foreigners | |||
Patents | 226,759 | 46,282 | 134,766 | 30,885 |
Utility models | 4,981 | 386 | 2,056 | 214 |
Designs | 66,354 | 4,788 | 49,017 | 5,525 |
Trademarks | 243,935 | 27,617 | 104,955 | 21,261 |