Regulations Governing the Implementation of Filing Patent Applications and Services by Electronic Means Article 12

Where a request for amendment of the description, claim(s), or drawing(s)of a patent application for invention or utility model filed pursuant to the Act is in electronic form, a complete set of amended description, claim(s) or drawing(s) in electronic form shall also be submitted.Where a request for amendment of the description or drawing(s)of a patent application for design filed pursuant to the Act is in the electronic form, a complete set of amended description or drawing(s) in electronic form shall also be submitted.The user submitting electronic patent application documents may simultaneously submit the original description, claim(s), or drawing(s) in doc, docx, pdf, jpg, and tif formats. The Specific Patent Agency allows for corrections made by the user in accordance with the original electronic description, claim(s), or drawing(s) should the electronic patent application documents be found incomplete, distorted, or inconsistent during the examination.