After filing a design examination registration application, do I need to make a separate examination request?

Unlike patents or utility models, designs do not have an examination request (technical evaluation) system.

However, after a design application has been published, you may request accelerated examination if it is found that a person other than the applicant is commercially working the filed design, or if it is found that urgent processing is necessary for a design application prescribed by Presidential Decree (applied mutatis mutandis under Article 30 of the Design Protection Act; Article 61 of the Patent Act).

※ For accurate classification, you can check on the KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office) website (http://www.kipo.go.kr) ▶ Intellectual Property System ▶ Classification Code Search ▶ Design Classification Code. (As of 2016)