History

History

Aug. 2022	The Korea Institute of Intellectual Property Promotion(KIPRO) established
Jul. 2014	The PIPC relocated in Daejeon and Installed a branch in Seoul
Jul. 2011	The PIPC established
Dec. 2008	Designated as an institution specializing in prior art search for the PCT (Article 58, Patent Act)
May 2008	Designated as an institution specializing in design search for the KIPO (Article 59, Design Protection Act)
Apr. 2007	Designated as a public institution (Act on the Management of Public Institutions)
Feb. 2003	Designated as an institution specializing in trademark search for the KIPO (Article 51, Trademark Act)
Dec. 2001	The KIPI established (Article 32, Civil Act)
Jan. 2001	Designated as an institution for International Patent Classification assignment for the KIPO (Article 58, Patent Act)
Aug. 1996	Designated as an institution specializing in prior art search for the KIPO (Article 58, Patent Act)
Jul. 1995	The KIPRIC founded in affiliation with the KIPA (Article 21, Invention Promotion Act)

• KIPRIC : Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Center
• KIPA : Korea Invention Promotion Association
• KIPI : Korea Institute of Patent Information
• PCT : Patent Cooperation Treaty

Mission / Vision

Organization

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Symbol

Signature System

The signature system is to study and systemize how to ideally combine the logotype and the symbol.

MOUs

2023

2023 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Tech University of Korea	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
May	Chung Ang University	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
Sep	Korean American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association(US)	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
	Chungbuk National University	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement

2022

2022 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Mar	Science and Technology Policy Institute	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
Aug	Korea Information Technology Research Institute	Agreement on manpower training project	Agreement
Sep	9 organizations in industrial complexes in the Chungcheong	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
Oct	Chungnam National University Industry Academic Collaboration Foundation	Agreement for commercialization of public technology	Agreement
Nov	Gachon University	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
	Gwangju & Jeonnam Intellectual Property Specialist Training Center	Agreement on manpower training project	Agreement

2021

2021 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Mar	Chungnam National University	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Sep	ASAN Medical Center	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
Nov	SAFE DOC	Agreement on the use of medical services	Agreement
	Daejeon Volunteer Center	Public-private social contribution project (volunteer service) cooperation	Agreement
	Terranovis	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement

2020

2020 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Soon Chun Hyang Univ - Industry Collabo	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Mar	INNOBIZ Association & Hangil Patent Law Firm	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Aug	Daejeon City and 8 Institutions	Spreading the use of local currency	Agreement
	Korea Enterprise Data	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement

2019

2019 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Korea Institute of Procurement	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
May	Korea Technology Transfer Agents Association	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Jun	UAE & KIPO	Mandate of the substantive patent examination for the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Agreement
Jul	12 Institutions for Regional Innovation	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement

2018

2018 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Aug	Alumni Network of Science & Technology Institutes	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Sep	Wert Intelligence / IPTIZEN	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Nov	Korea Credit Guarantee Fund	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement

2017

2017 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Small and Medium Business Convergence Federation	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
Mar	Dongguk graduate school of legal affairs	Cooperation on the mutual exchange of lecture development and promotion	Agreement
	PECC Guangdong	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Aug	Sungkyunkwan Univ - Industry Collabo	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Sep	Seoul national Univ - Industry Collabo	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement
Dec	LOTTE Members	Patent services and mutual cooperation	Agreement

2016

2016 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
May	Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
	Government Excellent Products Association	Cooperation for verification of patent technology application of excellent products	Agreement
Jun	Todagtodag	Sponsorship and volunteering to contribute to the society	Agreement
Jul	Seoul Semiconductor	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
Aug	Gachon Univ. Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
	Kyungpook Nat’l Univ. Hospital BMRI	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
Sep	Korea Drug Research Association	Agreement on mutual business cooperation	Agreement
Dec	IPET	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement

2015

2015 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	Korea Automotive Technology Institute	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
Jun	INNOBIZ Association	Support for the Inno-Biz business via IP-Infrastructure and service	Agreement
Jul	Public Procurement Service	Cooperation on procurement to check patents for MAS products	Agreement
Sep	Korea Federation of SMEs	Cooperation to check patents for joint venture products	Agreement

2014

2014 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
	Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
May	Korea Association of Industry, Academy and Research Institute	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
	IP Cube Partners	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
Jul	Korea Venture Investment Corp	Cooperation on patent information to promote startup investment	Agreement
Aug	Government Procurement Multiple Award Schedule Association	Mutual cooperation for verification of patent technology application of products for procurement	Agreement

2013

2013 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Apr	Korea Institute of Robot & Convergence	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
May	Seoul Metropolitan City and 5 IP-related organizations	Creation, protection and utilization of intellectual properties	Agreement
Aug	Korea Institute of Materials Science	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
	Eastern Social Welfare Society	Sponsorship and volunteering to contribute to the society	Agreement
Sep	Korea Enterprise Data	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
Oct	KIPO, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Daejeon International Marketing Enterprise	Construction of a Creative Economy base and IP Stronghold in Daedeok Innopolis	Agreement

2012

2012 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Samsung Fine Chemicals	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
	Samsung Total	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
Apr	Samsung Securities	Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Contract
	Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea	Essential patent acquisition, expansion of the base for essential patent acquisition, and search/analysis	Agreement
May	Korea Carbon Capture & Sequestration R&D Center	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
July	Asan Medical Center	Provision and utilization of health information contents	Agreement
Dec	Seoul Nat’l Univ. of Science & Technology	Increase in the exchange of IP rights and support for trainings	Agreement

2011

2011 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Mar	Korea Institute of Energy Research	Contract for the outsourcing of patent information services	Contract
	IP Cube Partners	Contract for the outsourcing of patent information services	Contract
Apr	Samsung Medison	Contract for the outsourcing of patent information services	Contract
Oct	Kwangwoon Univ. Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
	Korea Financial Telecommunications & Clearings Institute	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
Nov	Dong-A Univ.	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement
	Landon IP (US)	Establishment of a collaboration system for patent information services	Agreement
	Korean American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (US)	Provision and utilization of patent information	Agreement

2010

2010 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Defense Agency for Technology & Quality	Business agreement on the support for patent information search Mutual exchange of industrial information	Agreement
Jun	Korea Trade Network	Establishment of an interactive cooperation system for the electronic documents project	Agreement
Aug	Hongik Univ. MIP Course	Business agreement to foster specialists in IP rights	Agreement
Oct	Large & Small Business Cooperation Foundation	Business agreement on the support for patent information search Consulting on IP rights	Agreement
Dec	Korea Institute of Construction Technology	Business agreement on the search/analysis of IP rights	Agreement

2011

2011 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology	Essential patent acquisition and management through R&D on knowledge economy	Agreement
	Samsung SDS	Contract for the outsourcing of patent information services	Contract

2009

2009 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Changwon Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Gyeongnam Intellectual Property Center)	Business agreement on prior art search	Agreement
Mar	Bucheon Industry Promotion Foundation	Agreement on the provision of information about prior art and industrial technology	Agreement
Apr	Seoul Intellectual Property Center	Business agreement on the support for prior art search	Agreement
Jun	Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning	Business agreement on search/analysis of IP rights	Agreement

2008

2008 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Mar	Bucheon Industry Promotion Foundation	Agreement on the provision of patent information search services	Agreement

2007

2007 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	Korea Institute of Construction & Transportation Technology Evaluation and Planning	Extension of the expiration of agreement on new technology authentication	Agreement
Mar	Bucheon Industry Promotion Foundation	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement

2006

2006 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	Ulsan Industry Promotion Technopark Ulsan Innovation Cluster Promotion Task Force	Agreement on the exchange of information about IP rights	Agreement
Feb	Hanyang Univ.	Search/analysis of IP rights, and information exchange	Agreement
Apr	Sunchon Nat’l Univ.	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement
May	Pohang Technopark	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement
	Pohang Univ. of Science & Technology	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement
	Chonnam Nat’l Univ.	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement
Sep	Korea Disaster Prevention Association	Regarding prior art search for new technology authentication	Agreement
	Agency for Technology & Standards, Pusan Nat’l Univ.	Search/analysis of IP rights, and mutual exchange of information	Agreement

2005

2005 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation & Planning (ITEP)	Search/analysis of IP rights, and information exchange	Agreement
Apr	Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
May	Korea Electronics Technology Institute	Business agreement on IP rights	Agreement
Jun	Korea Industrial Technology Association	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
	Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI)	Cooperation on the mutual exchange of information about patent technology, science and technology	Agreement
July	Gyeonggi Technopark	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
Sep	Shinchon Valley	Business agreement on the search/analysis of information about IP rights	Agreement

2004

2004 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
July	Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST)	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
Aug	Korea Environment Management Corporation	Business agreement on new technology authentication	Agreement
Nov	Institute for Information Technology Advancement (IITA)	Business agreement on the evaluation of national R&D projects	Agreement
	Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract

2003

2003 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jan	University Industrial Technology Force	Agreement on the provision of patent information	Agreement
May	Busan Technopark	Agreement on the provision of patent information search services	Agreement
Jun	Korea Institute of Construction & Transportation Technology Evaluation and Planning	Business agreement on new technology authentication	Agreement
Nov	Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology	Business agreement on IP rightsContract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
	Korea Electric Association	Business agreement on new technology authentication	Agreement
Dec	Korea Business Incubation Association	Business agreement on the support for start-up companies	Agreement

2002

2002 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Jun	Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute	Business agreement on IP rights Contract for the provision of patent information search services	Agreement Contract
Aug	Daejeon Small & Medium Business Support Center	Business agreement on the support for patent application	Agreement
	Kyung Hee Univ. Technology Transfer Center/ Business Incubation Center	Business agreement on the support for patent application	Agreement
Oct	Hanyang Univ. Technology Transfer Center	Business agreement on technology transfer	Agreement

2001

2001 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
Feb	Gyeonggi Small & Medium Business Center	Business agreement on patent information search services	Agreement
May	Sungkyunkwan Univ. Industry-Academic Cooperation Headquarter	Business agreement on technology value evaluation	Agreement
Jun	Songdo Technopark	Business agreement on technology transfer and evaluation	Agreement
	Korea Technology Transaction Association	Business agreement on technology transaction and evaluation	Agreement
Sep	Korea Bio Technology Investment	Business agreement	Agreement
Nov	Inha Univ. Technology Transfer Center	Business agreement on technology transfer and value evaluation	Agreement

2000

2000 MOUs

Month	Companies	Details	Classification
May	Korea Health Industry Dev’t Institute	Business agreement on patent information search services	Agreement
	Interscience(Japan)	Business consignment agreement	Agreement
July	YB Partners	Agreement on the provision of patent technology evaluation services	Agreement
	BZeye.com	Business agreement on technology evaluation services	Agreement
Sep	Korea Display Industry Association	Business agreement on the provision of patent information	Agreement
Nov	Korea Technology Transaction Center	Business agreement on technology value evaluation	Agreement

Support for KIPO's Patent Examination

The KIPRO contributes to the improvement of the KIPO's examination by searching and analyzing prior art of patents, utility models, trademarks and designs filed with the KIPO.

The KIPRO was designated as

• an institution specializing in prior art search for the KIPO (1996).
• an institution specializing in prior art search for the PCT for the KIPO (2008).
• an institution for International Patent Classification assignment for the KIPO (2001).
• an institution specializing in trademark search for the KIPO (2003).
• an institution specializing in design search for the KIPO (2008).

※ PCT : Patent Cooperation Treaty

Prior Art Search

We provide prior art search and analysis services to help KIPO examiners establish the improvement in the quality of patent examinations and reduce the examination time period.

• Prior art search for applications filed with the KIPO
• Prior art search for PCT documents received by the KIPO

Patent Classification Assignment

We provide systematic classification services regarding patents, utility models and PCT documents in accordance with the international standards(IPC, CPC) to help KIPO examiners proceed with prompt and accurate examinations.

• Assigning appropriate patent classification codes(IPC, CPC) in the relevant technology fields
  • ※ IPC : International Patent Classification
  • ※ CPC : Cooperative Patent Classification

Prior Trademark & Design Search

We provide prior trademark & design search services for KIPO examiners to improve the quality of trademark & design examinations and reduce the examination time period.

• Searching and analyzing prior trademarks & designs for KIPO examiners
• Translating and classifying trademark application documents (written in English) under the Madrid system
• Searching, analyzing and classifying figure trademarks for domestic applications
• Classifying designs filed with the KIPO
• Searching and classifying published design materials
• Operating design map business (www.designmap.or.kr) for the KIPO

IP Information Service

We search, analyze, evaluate and provide you with critical IP information to support effective R&D and increase competitiveness.

provides patent information to meet our clients’ needs, including prior art searches, patent maps, patent statistical analyses, patent evaluations, patent consultations and patent education support.

Features

• Prior Art Search Know How (conducted searches for the KIPO since 1996)
• Patent Analysis Experts with over 10 Years of Experience in each Technology Field
• Patent Agents and Experts holding Master's or Doctoral Degrees, and Patent Analysis Experts in each Technology Field
• Distinguished Methods on Patent Search and Analysis
• Customized Patent Search and Analysis Services

www.kiwee.or.kr

IP Research Service

We search and analyze published or registered patent documents from all over the world and provide reports on the patentability of our clients’ inventions, which they can utilize for an effective planning of their commercialization strategy.

• Search for Patentability of Invention
• Search for Technology Information
• Search for Accelerated Examination
• Search for Invalidation
• Search for Certification of New Technologies
• SDI(Selective Dissemination of Information) Service
• Search for Design

• PRV(Swedish Intellectual Property Office) Consulting Research Services

  The Korean Intellectual Property Office(KIPO) and the Swedish Intellectual Property Office(PRV) have a mutual agreement offering patent search services to our joint customenrs. PRV Consulting provides IP research services to KIPRO's customers.

  - Tel : +82-2-6915-6111, +82-2-6915-6168

  - E-mail : rocket95@kipro.or.kr

IP Consulting Service

We provide consulting services, including dispute management, patent maps and decisions regarding R&D direction, developing a comprehensive IP strategy by analyzing various aspects (company, technology, market, patent) to increase IP competitiveness.

• IP Trend Analysis
• Strategy on IP Acquisition
• Evaluation of IP Portfolio
• Customized IP Analysis

Patent Evaluation Service

(K-PEG : Korea Patent Evaluation & Grading)

We provide prompt and accurate evaluation services to help clients build effective strategies and determine whether or not to maintain their patents.

K-PEG Utilization

• Provide vast information recourses and portfolio analysis information to help clients determine whether or not to maintain their patents
• Provide progressive strategies for clients by evaluating patents provided in and out of their companies
• Provide selective evaluation services for clients by applying quality standards for evaluation and conducting patent trust and tender

Patent Statistics Service

(PSDS : Patent Statistics Data Service)

We provide various classification services and a wide range of patent statistical information for clients to proceed with related procedures without difficulty.

Patent Statistics Basic Data

• Application, Publication and Registration Related Information, IPC․CPC․UPC Information, References, Priorities, Patent Family Information, Quotations, etc.
  • ※ IPC : International Patent Classification
  • ※ CPC : Cooperative Patent Classification
  • ※ UPC : U.S. Patent Classification

Patent Statistics Analysis Data

• Quantitative Analysis Data (According to Technology, Country, Company and Year) and Patent Analysis Index, etc.

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