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- The Patent Term Adjustment is reduced as applicant delay by the period from the receipt of a Notice of Final Rejection until the conclusion date of continued examination.  Previously, the applicant delay period was determined until the date requesting continued examination. 

- The Patent Term Adjustment is reduced, if documents necessary for substantive examination is not filed within eight (8) months from the filing date of a request for examination, by the excess period thereafter until the filing of the necessary document.  The necessary documents include: 

■   microorganism deposit certificate

■   document evidencing novelty grace period

■   document verifying a convention priority claim

■   nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings

- The Patent Term Adjustment is reduced, if a correction to a translational error in a patent application is not filed within eight (8) months from the filing date of a request for examination, by the excess period thereafter until the filing of the correction. 

Patents eligible for Patent Term Extension due to pharmaceutical marketing authorization are expanded.

- Psychotropic or narcotic drugs approved pursuant to the Narcotics Control Act can also be eligible for patent term extension. 

These changes are effective as of July 14, 2020.