Searching in databases - Korea

Tips & tricks for searching in databases

Easy, step-by-step instructions on how to use official Korean databases. Click on the links below to download the respective search guides.

Number search and document retrieval

• NEW: Retrieving Korean full text data and free English machine translations (PDF, 911 KB)
• "Patent of my interest" - free monitoring tool for Korean publications in KIPRIS (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Searching Korean prior art using the ‘cross lingual retrieval’ function in KIPRIS (PDF, 550 KB)
• Searching information on similar patents in KIPRIS (PDF, 1 MB)
• Monitoring lapsed and expired Korean patents (PDF, 489 KB)

Legal status information

• Retrieving information on licenses in KIPRIS (PDF, 603 KB)
• Searching Korean file wrapper information in KIPO's OPD platform (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Searching information on trial proceedings in KIPRIS (PDF, 760 KB)
• Retrieving detailed English legal status information from KIPRIS (PDF, 633 KB)
• Retrieving information on fee payment from KIPRIS (PDF, 609 KB)
• Finding cited and citing documents on KIPRIS (PDF, 674 KB)
• Retrieving patent term extension information from KIPRIS (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Finding information on divisional applications in KIPRIS (PDF, 579 KB)
• Retrieving information on inventors, applicants and representatives in KIPRIS (PDF, 480 KB)
• "Super citations": basic search tool for cited documents in KIPRIS (PDF, 535 KB)

Searching trade marks and designs

• Searching for trade mark information on KIPRIS (PDF, 388 KB)
• Searching for design information on KIPRIS (PDF, 360 KB)

Searching information on pharmaceutical patents

• Searching in the "green list" for linkage patents (PDF, 154 KB)