Patent Act Article 77

Consolidated proceedings of invalidation and post-grant amendmentIf, during the invalidation proceedings, a request for a post-grant amendment is filed, the said proceedings and post-grant amendment shall be consolidated; the decisions concerned shall be jointly rendered as well.If the Specific Patent Agency considers the said post-grant amendment approvable, it shall serve a copy of the amended description, claim(s) and/or drawing(s) to the requester of invalidation action. The above shall not apply if the post-grant amendment is made only to delete claim(s).Where there are two or more requests for post-grant amendment filed during the proceedings of same invalidation action, the earlier-filed request(s) for post-grant amendment shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.