I. Preface When an applicant in an application for trademark registration needs to promptly acquire the trademark rights, the applicant may apply for accelerated examination in accordance with Paragraph 8, Article 19 of the Trademark Act. For the trademark applicants’ understanding and foreseeing the requirements for accelerated examination and its applicability, these operating procedures are hereby formulated to specify the types of cases to which accelerated examination is applicable, the facts, reasons, and evidence that should be stated in the application for accelerated examination, and the time required for accelerated examination. The scope of accelerated examination is not applicable to other procedures such as trademark opposition, invalidation, and cancellation, and is inapplicable to applications for certification marks, collective membership marks and collective trademarks. II. Types