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    09 Opened Japan Office
    03 Established an affiliated R & D Center
  2010 03 Opened a branch in Daejeon, Korea
 
    12 Received an award from the Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy for contribution to the development in the technology transfer field
    11 Renewed ISO 9001 Certification
    03 Approved as an Inno-Biz Company
  2009 01 Selected by Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) as a company to manage and renew national patents registered in foreign countries
 
    11 Signed MOU with Beijing Sunhope to facilitate mutual collaboration on technology transfer & marketing
    07 Began working with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
    05 Elected as the first director of Korea Association for Intellectual Property Service (KAIPS)
    04 Signed MOU with Cheongju CCI on technology transfer
    01 Elected as first representative of Korea Association of Technology Transfer Organizations (KATTO)
  2008 01 Selected by KIPO as an organization implementing research on patent and technology trends
    11 Selected by the Korea Industrial Technology Association (KOITA) to coordinate organizational support for consortium of technology buyers
    09 Launched MarkSearch, a Korean trademark searching engine
    07 Selected by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KAIST) as an organization to implement prior art searching support
  2007 06 Relocated Korean office to Mullae-dong
  2006  03 Partnership with Beijing Sunhope and Taiwan Advance regarding a joint venture company
  12 Provided database of romanized Korean trademarks to SAEGIS, a worldwide trademark searching platform
  2005 08 Partnership with Thomson CompuMark for SAEGIS-related services
  12 Designated as a technology transfer organization by Ministry of Knowledge Economy (former Korea Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy)
  07 Designated as a prior art searching organization by KOITA
  2004  06 Designated as an industrial property assessment organization by KIPO
  2003  03 Designated as an organization to evaluate and commercialize technologies
  2002 12 KS A 9001 ISO 9001 accreditation - The first in the IP field in Korea
 
  1998   Began collaborating with Matsushita
  1997   Contracted annuity payment services with LG Electronics
Designated as an industrial property assessment organization by Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA)
  1996   Contracted annuity payment services with Hynix Semiconductor
Began providing annuity payment services to Samsung Electronics
Began working with NGB
  1993   Began to work with Thomson & Thomson and Thomson CompuMark (now Thomson Reuters)
  1992   Founded Markpro Company
 
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