Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act Article 26

The priority document to be submitted pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 29 of the Act shall be the certified copy.In the event that the priority document submitted by the applicant within the time limit prescribed under Paragraph 2, Article 29 of the Act is a photocopy, the Specific Patent Agency shall notify the applicant to submit the certified copy thereof within specified time limit; where such submission is not made within the specified time limit or the submission is still incomplete, the priority claim is deemed not to have been claimed pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 29 of the Act. However, in the event that the certified priority document has already been submitted to the Specific Patent Agency, a photocopy specifying the number of the patent application to which the certified priority document appends may be submitted as a substitute.In the event that the priority document referred to in Paragraph 1 has been exchanged between the Specific Patent Agency and the receiving patent authority of the country or the WTO member by means of electronic communication, the priority document is deemed to have been submitted by the applicant.The certified copy referred to in Paragraph 1 may be replaced with the electronic version thereof in compliance with the requirement of the Specific Patent Agency; an explanation that this electronic version is identical to the certified copy shall be made.