The Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP; ) 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".KIPO web site, KIPO's history. Consulted on January 20, 2008. It is located in Daejeon Metropolitan City.KIPO web site, Contact Us. Consulted on January 20, 2008.
Along with its counterparts from other countries, it forms part of the IP5 (intellectual property offices), which accounts for the majority of patents issued worldwide.
On 23 June 2009, the KIPO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Eurasian Patent Organization.
On 1st October 2025, the organization was elevated to the ministerial level, renamed as the Ministry of Intellectual Property.
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See also List of patent offices
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External links Korean Intellectual Property Office, in English Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS), in English Patent search database in KIPRIS, in English K2E-PAT Interface in KIPRIS (wherein "K2E-PAT" stands for "Korean to English Automatic Machine Translation", see European Patent Office, "Lost in translation? Get the right type of Korean patent translation for your needs", Patent Information News, Issue 1, 2010, p. 4) Information about patent law in South Korea on the European Patent Office website