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What is KIPRIS?
KIPRIS is an internet-based patent document search service which is available to the public free of charge. It covers publications of Korean IPR applications, legal status information and trial information, etc. Korea Institute of Patent Information has been providing KIPRIS since 1996 on behalf of KIPO.
KIPRIS is designed to promote the use of patent information for R&D activities, patent disputes, corporate mergers & acquisitions and so on. KIPRIS consists of a basic search function for entry-level users and an advanced search function for experienced users. For user’s convenience, KIPRIS also provides online download function. Users can easily access to the KIPRIS through Naver and Empas, major Korean portal sites that acquire the data from KIPI.
What is available from KIPRIS?
IP Information Search
- Patent, Utility Model, Design, Trademark, Korean Patent Abstracts(KPA)
IP Administration Information Retrieval
- Examination, Registration and Trial Status
Other Services
- Electronic data sales
- K2E-PAT(Korean to English Automatic Translation) service
History of KIPRIS
- 1996. 7 - Launched KIPRIS Service(C/S)
- 1998. 9 - Started KIPRIS Internet Service
- 1999. 3 - Included KPA data in KIPRIS
- 2000. 1 - Started KIPRIS Free Service
- 2001.11 - Transferred to New platform
- 2003. 1 - Added US, EP, JP patent abstracts in KIPRIS
- 2004.12 - Opened English interfaces for Korean IPR search
- 2006. 4 - Changed KIPRIS log-in policy
- 2006. 6 - Linked WIPO's Patent Scope to KIPRIS
- 2007. 1- Launched K2E-PAT service
- 2008. 7- Introduced cross lingual retrieval system(Korean → English)
