About KIPA

Launched the IP Recovery Service Agency (dedicated agency)

Acquired the nation’s first IP certification program, the Intellectual Property Ability Test (IPAT)

Designated as a general education training institute (Ministry of Education)

Launched the Korea Intellectual Property Evaluation Center

Founded the Educational Research Institute for the Gifted in Invention

Launched "System to measure, analyze and rate patent technology" (SMART) and the Center for Next-Generation Entrepreneurial Talents

Designated as a public institution (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)

Designated as a remote education training center for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (Ministry of Education)

Opened the twenty-eight-floor Korea Intellectual Property Service Center (KIPS)

Designated as a technology transaction agency (Ministry of Trade, industry and Energy)

Designated as a technology evaluation agency (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)

Launched the Intellectual Property Research Center (Later became the Korea Institute of Intellectual Property in 2005)

Launched the Center for Patent Technology Information (Later became the Korea Institute of Patent Information in 2001)

Established Patent Technology Commercialization Center Established Korea Invention Promotion Association (Invention Promotion Act, Article 52)

Founded as the Korea Patent Association