The KIPO is using some kind of URL randomizer for its pressers, so I’ve attached a PDF that includes, in part:
To support the patent acquirement of green technologies researched & developed under the national strategy of low-carbon green growth, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (Commissioner: Jung-sik Koh) is planning to apply a superspeed examination system starting October 1.
More surprisingly, the presser recites:
Currently, the period from application to acquire a patent is an average of 18 months for ordinary examinations, and roughly three months for preferential examinations. Using the superspeed examination system, however, the period can be slashed to less than a month, the fastest examination period in the world.
One month?!? I am reminded of the preciousness of the idea of “refrigerated transportation” as set forth in Stienbeck’s, “East of Eden.” It’s just not possible.