Examination

After the application is filed with the Registration Authority, the filing date and, as the case may be, the national or international classification number of industrial designs shall be entered on it. Where the formal conditions are met, the relevant experts shall, within four months at most, examine the conditions set out in Articles 82, 83, and 84 of this Act, and the result of this examination shall be notified to the applicant. The applicant may, within one month, respond to the expert report and present their reasons, or may within the same period make changes to the content of the application, provided that, as a result of these changes, the information in the new application does not go beyond the scope of the original application. The Registration Authority shall notify the applicant, within one month, of its final opinion as to acceptance or non-acceptance of the application, formulated by the relevant experts taking into account the applicant's reasons and response and the reasons of interested parties (if submitted). Where the registration request is rejected, the applicant may, in accordance with Article 23 of this Act, object to that decision.