Juche

    In order to have the right to invention and the patent right in the DPRK, inventions must have freshness and level and possibilities of introduction.

    That the inventions have freshness means that they are new and fresh in comparison with the preceding techniques. That the inventions have level means that the one who is skilled at the preceding techniques can not easily predict the inventions on the basis of the techniques. That the inventions have possibilities of invention means that they can be utilized in various sectors of the national economy including industry, agriculture, fishing and forestry.

    Findings, scientific theories, mathematical methods, aesthetic works, rules and methods for mental activities or games and business activities, computer programs without technical solutions and methods of denoting information are not recognized as inventions.

    The invention that is not suited to the Korean nation’s elegant customs and socialist way of life or checks the common interest of the society, the invention of the floral and faunal varieties or the methods of simple biological breeding and cultivating of plants and animals, the invention of method of diagnosing, performing operation on and treating man or animal, the invention of substances produced by changing nuclei of an atom, etc. can not have the right to invention and patent right.