Aug. 2024Changed Establishment Basis (Article 24 of the Industrial Property Information Act)
Aug. 2022Established the Korea Intellectual Property Information Institute (Article 20-3 of the Invention Promotion Act)
Oct. 2018Obtained the accredited observer status at WIPO
Jun. 2017 Designated as IP Smart Creation Center
Nov. 2015Designated as an institution specializing in industrial property rights information
05, 06 2년 연속 한국서비스 대상수상
Jun. 2014Opened the International Patent Assistance Center
특허정보활용지원센터 개소
Jun. 2012Opened the Business Secret Protection Center
영업비밀보호센터 개소
Nov. 2011Designated as an institution specializing in providing industrial property rights information
산업재산권 정보 제공 전문기관 지정
Jul. 2011Added the Patent Information Promotion Center, as a subsidiary institution
Apr. 2007Designated as ‘other public institution’ by the “Act on the Operation of Public Institutions”
Jan. 2003Launched the Electronic Patent Support Center
May. 2002Operated the Data Management Center
Jan. 2002Operated the Patent Customer Call Center of Korean Intellectual Property Office
특허고객콜센터 운영
Dec. 2001Incorporated independently as Korea Institute of Patent Information Foundation (Civil Act Article 32)
2002.01_정보원 창립기념식 커팅
Sep. 1998Implementated the KIPRIS Internet Service
May. 1998Published the Korean Intellectual Property Office CD-ROM and designated as a distributor of KPA electronic data with a fee
특허청 CD-ROM 공보 및 KPA 전자데이터
Oct. 1997Designated as Patent Document Digitization Center (Patent Act Article 217 Clause 2)
특허문서전자화기관 지정
Jul. 1996Implementated the KIPRIS commercial service
Jul. 1995Established the Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Center attached to Korea Invention Promotion Association (Invention Promotion Act Article 21)
한국발명진흥회 부설 특허기술정보센터 설립
Award Winning History
Dec. 2024Won the Minister of Personnel Management Award in the Workplace Innovation category at the "2024 Personnel Innovation Best Practice Competition" hosted by the Ministry of Personnel Management.
Sep. 2024Won the Prime Minister's Award at the "13th Korea Knowledge Awards" hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety
Dec. 2019Won the UAE Minister of Economy's Award for Partner Companies
Nov. 2019Won the "2019 Data Quality Award" hosted by Ministry of Science and ICT
Feb. 2014Won a commendation awarded for meritorious institution in the “Promotion of Government 3.0” by the Ministry of Security and Public Administration
Sep. 2010Certified by ISO27001 International Standard for Information Security
ISO 27001 국제표준 인증
Oct. 2006Designated as the winner of the National Productivity Award sponsored by the Korea Productivity Center
Jun. 2006Won the grand prize in the public sector in the “2006 Korea Service Grand Prix” sponsored by the Korean Standards Association
05, 06 2년 연속 한국서비스 대상수상
Dec. 2005Certified for Service Quality (SQ) Certification sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
한국서비스품질 우수기업업종
Jun. 2005Won the grand prize in the public sector in the “2005 Korea Service Grand Prix” sponsored by the Korean Standards Association
05, 06 2년 연속 한국서비스 대상수상
Nov. 2004Certified by ISO9001 (domestic and international intellectual property and technology information survey, analysis and management, etc.)
Sep. 2004Won the “grand prize in the quality management sector in Korean Quality Management Award” sponsored by the Korea Management Association