DAEJEON, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In the realm of stem cell technology, as nations forge ahead with their endeavors, South Korea has emerged as a formidable contender, boasting an average annual growth rate that has steadily surged, trailing only China, according to a recent report. The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) divulged on Sunday [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition is heating up to dominate super-giant artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which is the foundation of services such as the wildly popular ChatGPT from OpenAI, the patent office said Monday. The number of patent applications related to super-giant AI pending in five major intellectual property rights areas — South [...]
DAEJEON, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A worldwide effort to develop heat management systems for electric cars and other eco-friendly vehicles for improved efficiency and longer range is gaining traction. The Korea Intellectual Property Office reported that the submission of patents related to an integrated heat management system for eco-friendly cars from five countries or [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The near ubiquity of kiosks at restaurants and stores nationwide has led to an increasing number of related patents, data showed Sunday. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported that the number of patents submitted in the last 10 years (2012 to 2021) grew by 16 percent each year. The [...]
DAEJEON, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patent applications in the area of biodegradable plastic is growing at a rapid pace with plastic waste emerging as a major social issue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Sunday. The number of biodegradable plastic-related patent applications stood at 190 in 2020, double [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Patents related to logistic robots are on the rise, a South Korean patent office said Thursday. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported that a total of 234 patents were registered between 2016 and 2020 in relation to logistics robot technology. Each year, the rate of registration rose by an [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Global tech titan Samsung Electronics Co. has ranked first in the number of patents filed in South Korea over the past five years, data showed Wednesday. Samsung registered 19,588 patents with local authorities between 2016 and June 10 this year, the most among local companies, according to the data [...]
DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The contactless practices triggered by the coronavirus outbreak are altering the landscape of the design industry. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported a decrease in the number of new design patents for beauty products and fabric, while applications for products related to hobbies, entertainment, and exercise increased in number. [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea entering an aged society, the demand for rehabilitation aids or mobility assisting devices for the elderly is expected to grow. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Sunday, 686 patent applications for rehabilitation aids were filed in the five years from 2014 to 2018, [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Organ chips’ are rising as a new alternative that can replace lab experiments on animals. Organ chip technology recreates cells that form the blood vessels, lungs, liver, and other human organs in 3D, which are placed on a microfluidic chip to test pharmaceutical reactions in an environment similar to [...]