Korea Institute of Patent Information (KIPI) is an affiliated public institute founded by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), which has been designated as a specialized non-profit institute providing information on industrial property rights to build value-added information infrastructure for Korea’s intellectual property. KIPI supports the implementation of an advanced patent administration system by operating KIPOnet, the data management center, the patent document digitization center, the patent customer consulting center and the IP information integration center, and managing the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) and the development of the Korean Patent Abstracts (KPA) database. KIPI does its utmost to strengthen its customers’ competitiveness by providing various customer-oriented services such as patent information development services, trade secret certification services, and patent information service infrastructure.