DAEJEON, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Computer-generated designs for products such as virtual keyboards and smart wristbands are set to be regarded and protected as intellectual properties, the patent office said Thursday. A revision of the Design Protection Act that focuses on the protection of computer-generated graphic design passed the National Assembly on Thursday, according [...]
DAEJEON, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patent applications for negative pressure wards, isolation and treatment facilities for virus patients, increased sharply in South Korea last year, the intellectual property office said Tuesday. The annual number of patent applications for negative pressure wards shot up to [...]
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC), a leading manufacturer of sorbent minerals, doing business as Amlan International, today announced that the Korean Intellectual Property Office has issued Patent 28958.07.0042 entitled “Clay Product and Uses Thereof.” The patent protects the unique and proprietary mineral-based technology of two of Amlan’s natural [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., a South Korean manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, denied Friday that it destroyed documents related to an EV battery patent case in the latest tit-for-tat ahead of a crucial verdict in the United States. SK Innovation claimed it developed the 994 patent, while LG Chem [...]
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC), a leading manufacturer of sorbent minerals, parent company to Amlan International, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,568,903 entitled “Clay Product and Uses Thereof.” The patent covers two existing commercial products, Varium® for poultry and NeoPrime™ [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Patent applications related to floating solar power are surging. According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Tuesday, the number of related patent applications, which stood at 20 to 30 per year from 2010 to 2013, has been on the rise since then, with 49 in 2014, 74 in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has the third-largest number of patents related to artificial intelligence (AI), coming behind two U.S. tech giants, a report showed Friday. Microsoft Corp. has the most, with 18,363 AI-related patents as of January, followed by IBM Corp. with 15,046 and Samsung with 11,243, according to the [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With virtual reality (VR) sports like screen golf becoming popular, related patent applications have surged. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Wednesday, there have been 357 domestic patent applications in the field of VR sports over the past three years from 2016 to 2018, up 69 percent [...]
DAEJEON, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee has become more than just a drink, an important part of everyday life for South Koreans. Now, coffee comes in various shapes and sizes, including cups, cans, coffee mixes, and instant coffee. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), 543 patents applied for in the past five [...]
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) announced today that it has received the first two U.S. patents for its DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody technology (dMAb™) from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance its [...]