第三章 各國公告後修正之相關規定
第三節 韓國立法例
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(19)申請專利範圍雖未更正，而發明說明或圖式之更正結果，即使未 超出申請時原說明書或圖式所揭露之範圍，但導致於申請專利範圍 之解釋與原來所核准公告申請專利範圍之涵義不同者。
(20)有關化學組成物發明之請求項，原係以封閉式連接詞記載時，更 正為開放式連接詞記載者。
(21)誤記事項之訂正導致實質擴大或變更申請專利範圍者。
例如：原公告之申請專利範圍記載：“A 是帶分枝的烯烴基”，專 利權人雖主張其為“A 亦可是帶分枝的烯烴基”的誤記事項，但就 原說明書或圖式內容而言並無明顯錯誤或反常不合理之情形，且經 更正後其涵義較原來為廣，故實質擴大了原申請專利範圍，因此不 允許更正；惟若專利權人主張原說明書所記載的「公枝」係「分枝」
之誤記事項，而經檢視原說明書或圖式內容，察覺其原意應是指「分 枝」，且「分枝」是唯一的解釋，則「公枝」確屬明顯錯誤且無意 義，其更正不致實質擴大或變更申請專利範圍，因此允許更正。
又例如：原公告之申請專利範圍記載某種光纖材料具有「-0.3﹪之 折射率」，而發明說明中記載為「-0.3﹪以上之折射率」，專利權人 雖主張原公告申請專利範圍之數據係屬誤記事項，惟就原說明書或 圖式內容而言，不能察覺申請專利範圍所記載之「-0.3﹪之折射率」
有任何明顯錯誤或反常不合理之情形，且經更正後其涵義較原來為 廣，故實質擴大了原申請專利範圍，因此不允許更正。
第三節 韓國立法例
韓國之立法，與日本相近，訂正審判，係規定於第 136 條84：「
84 제 136 조(정정심판) ① 특허권자는 다음 각 호의어느 하나에 해당하는 경우에는 특허발명의 명세서또는 도면에 대하여 정정심판을 청구할 수 있다.
다만, 특허의 무효심판이 특허심판원에 계속( 係 屬 )되고 있는 경우에는 그러하지 아니하다.
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