KIPO

Message from the Commissioner

Prologue

2021 Highlights

2021 IP Trends

Improving the IP System

• Amending Legislation to Protect Graphic Image Design
• Prioritizing Examination of COVID-19 Vaccines
• Applying AI Technology in Trademark and Design Image Search
• Introducing an Expert Commissioner System in Patent Trial and Appeal

Creating and Utilizing IP

• Exceeding Six Trillion South Korean Won in IP-Finance
• Publishing a Non-mRNA Vaccine Patent Analysis Report
• Ranking No.1 in Standard-Essential Patents

Strengthening IPR Protection

• Providing Legal Basis for Data and Publicity Protection
• Enabling Reasonable Compensation for Damages
• Expanding and Reorganizing KIPO Divisions for Investigation
• Outcome of Counterfeit Enforcement in 2021

Establishing Global Leadership in IP

• Fifth in the Global Innovation Index by WIPO
• First in the IP Innovation Ranking by the WTR
• Fourth Largest in the Number of PCT Applications
• Leading International IP Standards Related to AI

KIPO VIsion & Strategy

KIPO Organization Chart

IP Statistics