KOREA INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INFORMATION CENTER

  1. Establishment
  2. Introduction
  3. KIPRIC's Database for IPR
  4. S/W Development
  5. Construction of H/W and Network Equipment
  6. Other Service
  7. Management
  8. Office
  9. Rough Sketch

Establishment

Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Center(KIPRIC) was founded as an attached organization of Korea Invention Promotion Association(KIPA) on July 7, 1995 in order to serve the increasing external demands for patent information and cope with the rapidly developing information-oriented era.

Introduction

The major activities of the KIPRIC are ;
Organization 
                                     +----------+
                                     | Chairman |          
                                     +-----+----+       +--------------+
                                           |------------|   Steering   |  
                                     +-----+-----+      |  Committee   |
                                     | President |      +--------------+
                                     +-----+-----+ 
                                  +--------+-------+
                                  | Vice-President |  
                                  +--------+-------+ 
         +-------------------+------------+--------+--------------------+----------------+
+--------+---------+ +-------+----------+   +------+---------+   +------+--------+ +-------------+
|    Planning      | |   Information    |   |  Database      |   |   System      | |   Search    |
|     Team         | |  Service Team    |   |   Team         |   |    Team       | |Service Team |
+------------------+ +------------------+   +----------------+   +---------------+ +-------------+
+------------------+ +------------------+   +----------------+  +----------------+ +-------------+
| Planning &       | |¡¤User Management |   |                |  |¡¤System Dev-   | | ¡¤Batch     |
| Coordination     | |   (ID, Password, |   |                |  |   elopment     | |   Retrieval |
| General Affairs  | |      Billing)    |   |Data Collection |  |¡¤System Oper-  | |   Service   |
| Domestic/Foreign | |¡¤Publicity       |   |   & Processing |  |   ation        | |             |
| Cooperation      | |  Activities      |   |                |  | DB Manage-     | |             |
|                  | | ¡¤user training  |   |                |  |  ment          | |             |
+------------------+ +------------------+   +----------------+  +----------------+ +-------------+
     - Information Service Team and Search Service Team will be established in 
        1996 and 1998 respectively.
Staffs 
                                Year           Estimated Persons
                            --------      -------------------
                               1995                    15
                           1996                    20
                           1997                    45
                           1998                    80
Budget 
                                Year           Estimated Investment
                             --------      ----------------------
                           1995              3.9 Billion Won
                           1996              4.1 Billion Won
                           1997              5.2 Billion Won
                           1998              6.0 Billion Won
                             -------------------------------------
                           Total             19.2 Billion Won

KIPRIC's Database for IPR

  • Data coverage
      .Kind od Document : Patent, Utility Model, Industrail Design, Trademark, Trial
      .Countries : Korea, US, JP, EPO, WIPO .Type of Data : Bibliographic Data, Legal Status Data, Abstract, Representive Drawing, Full Text
  • Establishing method
      .Domestic data : Duplication form KIPO'S database
      .Foregin data : Proceeding with the negotiations individually
  • Details of KIPRIC's DB
    Kind of Document Item Text Language Period
    Domestic Patent
    .
    Utility Model     		Bibliographic Data Text Korean 1947~
    Abstract Text Korean 1947~
    Drawing Image - 1947~
    Full Text Image - 1947~
    Legal Status Data Text Korean 1947~
    Industrial Data Bibliographic Data Text Korean 1947~
    Full Text Image - 1947~
    Legal Status Data Text Korean 1947~
    Trademark Bibliographic Data Text Korean 1950~
    Drawing Image - 1950~
    Legal Status Data Text Korean 1950~
    Trial Bibliographic Data Text Korean 1947~
    Full Text Image - 1947~
    Legal Status Data Text Korean 1947~
    Forign Patent IPD Bibliographic Data Text English -
    USPTO,
    EPO,
    JPO     		Abstract Text English -
    Representative Drawing Image - -
    Full Text Image - -

  • Yearly service plan
    Classification Kind of Data Service
    '96.4 '96.7 '97 '98 '99
    Domestic Patent Bibliographic Data &
    Legal Status Data









    Abstract / Drawing









    Full Text









    Utility Model Bibliographic Data &
    Legal Status Data









    Abstract / Drawing









    Full Text







    Industrial Design Bibliographic Data &
    Legal Status Data









    Full Text








    Trademark Bibliographic Data &
    Legal Status Data









    Charater Trademark









    Drawing Trademark









    Foreign Patent & Utility Model Bioliiographic DAta




    Abstract / Drawing




    Full Text US









    E P O




    JP




    * Abstracts and Drawings of Domestic Patent/Utility Model : Expanding service coverage to 1998 according KIPO's plan

    S/W Development

    Characteristics
    • On-Line service of Image Data like a Drawings, Full Text
    • GUI environment for user's convenience
    • Various retrieval and assistant functions
    • Rapid retrieval speed
    Functions 
     +------------------------+
 |        Retrieval       |
 +------------+-----------+    +-------------------------+
              +----------------+  Patent / Utility Model |
              |                +------------+------------+ +------------+
              |                             +--------------+  Domestic  |
              |                             |              +------------+
              |                             |              +------------+
              |                             +--------------+  Foreign   |
              |                             |              +------------+
              |                             |              +------------+
              |                             +--------------+   I F D    |
              |                +-------------------------+ +------------+ 
              +----------------+     Industrial Design   |                 
              |                +-------------------------+
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+        Trademark        |
              |                +-------------------------+
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+           Trial         |
 +------------+----------+     +-------------------------+
 |  Assistant Functions  |
 +------------+----------+     +-------------------------+
              +----------------+            Help         |
              |                +-------------------------+
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+      Classification     | 
              |                +-------------------------+   
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+         Applicant       |
              |                +-------------------------+
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+          Keyword        |
 +------------+-----------+    +-------------------------+
 |       Management       |
 +------------+-----------+    +-------------------------+
              +----------------+         Statistics      |
              |                +-------------------------+
              |                +-------------------------+
              +----------------+           Billing       |
                               +-------------------------+

    Construction of H/W and Network equipment

    H/W Acquisition by year

    		Equipment '95 '96 '97 '98 Total
    Global
    Text
    Server     		- SPU(()MHz CPU*6, 768MB)
    - Array Disk (40GB)
    - Tape Unit Set (4Type)
    - DBMS
    - Laser Printer (100ppm)     		1
    3
    1
    1
    1
    1



    1


    		1
    3
    1
    1

    		 2
    8
    2
    2
    1
    Image
    Server System (Dual)     		- IMS/OSAR Server (128MB, 10GB)
    - Juke Box (1,284GB, 6 Drive)
    - IMS S/W & Image DBMS (16 User)
    - Image Printer, Scanner, FAX/Server
    - Intersystem Communication S/W
    		 2
    1
    1
    1
    1



    1


    		2
    2
    1

    1
    		 4
    5
    2
    1
    1
    Front End
    Server     		- SPU (100MHz CPU*2, 256MB)
    - Disk (6GB)
    		 2
    2

    		1
    1
    		 2
    2
    		 5
    5
    Billing
    Server     		- SPU (100MHz CPU*4, 384MB)
    - Disk (12GB)
    - DBMS
    		 1
    1
    1



    1



    		1
    2
    1
    Client PC
    for search     		- PC
    - Laser Printer
    		36
    6
    		 32
    2
    		 32
    1
    		 28
    1
    		 128
    10
    Network
    Equipments     		- Router
    - FDDI Concentrator
    - HUB (16 port)
    - CSU / DSU / Modem
    - Network Management System
    		 2
    2
    6
    22
    1
    		 1

    2
    31

    		 1
    1
    1
    9

    		 1

    1
    9

    		 5
    3
    10
    71
    1
    KIPRIC System Configuration

    Other Service

    CD-ROM Service
    • Type of right, kind of Data, Kind of IPC section
    • Patent and Trademark CD-ROM publication in 1996
    • Construction of system linked with KIPO's CD-ROM publication in 1998
    Domestic and Foreign Patent Information Search/Analysis Service
    • Prior art search
    • SDI Service
    • Patent Map execution
    • Foreign Database search
    Data duplication service to order type
    Patent Information processing service : Abstract, Index
    KIPRIS' system user training
    Operation of KIPRIC's Public Reading Room

    Management

    ¡¤Chairman Mr. Sang-Hee, Rhee
    ¡¤President Mr. Hong-Doo, Kim
    ¡¤Vice-President Mr. Chul-Soon, Lee

    Office

    ¡¤Address : 6th Fl. Sungwoo Bldg,
    1316-17, Seocho-Dong, Seocho-Ku, Seoul 137-074,
    Republic of Korea
    ¡¤ Tel : 82-2-3452-8144
    ¡¤ Fax : 82-2-3453-5951

    Rough Sketch 

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