KIPO

Message from the commissioner

Overview of 2008

Dynamic IP Korea

• Paradigm shift in patent examination
• Customer-tailored three-track IP administration
• International cooperation under the new IP5 framework
• Bilateral cooperation and the PPH
• Developing country support using IP
• IP administration and information system

Open Innovation and Regional Capacity Building

• Campus Patent Strategy Universiade
• Promoting IP capacity and business
• Capacity building for local governments and SMEs

Toward IP-friendly society

• Enhancing IPR Enforcement
• IPR education and training
• Raising IP experts

Highlighting Figures of 2008

• Applications
• Examinations

Appendix

• Applications
• Examinations
• Registrations
• Trials and appeals
• Revenue and expenditure
• Flow chart for examinations
• Organizational chart of KIPO