Regulations for the Deposit of Biological Material for Patent Application Article 24

For a patent application for invention involving a biological material or the utilization of a biological material filed after the implementation of the amended Act, in the event that the request for deposit of biological material has been filed prior to the implementation of the amended Act and the certificate of deposit submitted by the patent applicant pursuant to Paragraph 2 or 3, Article 27 of the Act does not contain the viability test report, the applicant for invention patent shall submit the viability test report within the time period set by the Specific Patent Agency. If the report is not submitted within the specified time period, the deposit shall be deemed not to have been made.