2-556: The Korean Intellectual Property Office ( KIPO ) is the patent office and intellectual property office of South Korea . In 2000, the name of the office was changed from "Korean Industrial Property Office" to "Korean Intellectual Property Office". It is located in Daejeon Metropolitan City . Along with its counterparts from other countries, it forms part of the IP5 (intellectual property offices) , which accounts for
4-576: The majority of patents issued worldwide. On 23 June 2009, the KIPO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Eurasian Patent Organization . This Korea -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Patent office A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents . In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant
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