· Acquired 'Best' grade in quality inspection by technology evaluation agency (Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology)
· Received the Minister’s Commendation in the group sector at the Korea Industrial Intelligence Awards (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
· Released Patent information clipper, ‘WIPSCLIP’
· Released AI convergence data service, ‘Build’
· Selected as youth-friendly small and giants enterprise (by Ministry of Employment and Labor)
· Released AI Patent Classifier ‘WIPS PRISM’
· Selected as small hidden champion (by Ministry of Employment and Labor)
· Commendation from minister for leading company of the fourth industrial revolution (by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
· Selected as youth-friendly small giants (by Ministry of Employment and Labor)
· Achieved ISO 27001, Information Security Management System Certification
· Achieved BS10012, Personal Information Management System Certification
· Certified Excellent Company for Job Invention Reward (KIPO)
· Selected as excellent design field in technology specialist firm (ESP) (Small-Medium Business Administration)
· Designated as evaluation agency of technology first among private firms (Ministry Of Trade Industry and Energy)
· Awarded of Excellence in Data - Group section (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning)
· Acquired Platinum Class for quality certification (Korea Database Agency)
· Quality Certification for Content Providing Service (Korea Database Agency)
· Signed MOU with Deloitte Anjin Accounting Corp.
· Selected as a Mentoring agency for small business R&D and commercialization project (Korea Mobile Enterprise Promotion Association)
· CEO Hyung-Chil, LEE appointed as a member of Intellectual Property Creation Committee (Presidential Council of Intellectual Property)
· Awarded of Excellence in Knowledge service consulting (Ministry Of Trade Industry and Energy)
· Signed MOU with Korea Valuation Association
· Acquired Gold Class for quality certification (Korea Database Agency)
· Designated as the evaluation agency of invention first among private firms (KIPO)
· Designated as a Professional Commercialization Company (Ministry Of Trade Industry and Energy)
· Awarded of Excellent Quality Database (Korea Database Agency)
· Acquired Gold Class for quality certification (Korea Database Agency)
· Opened online trademark search service INTOMARK
· Performed the new technology education for KIPO examiners
· Designated as an International patent classification agency (KIPO)
· Designated as a global top company(Daejeon Business Agency, KAIST, University of Texas)
· Signed a partnership with the Philippine Patent Office for patent search services
· Designated as a PCT Application Prior Art Research Institute (KIPO)
· Released ‘WIPS Global Advanced,’ Online Global Patent Search & Analysis Service
· Opened a US Corporation
· Singed MOU with IPOPHL (Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines)
· Opened a Singapore Office
· Designated as the World Class Product of Korea by Ministry of Knowledge Economy
· Designated Authorized Patent Information DB by the Korea Database Agent
· Achieved BS10012:2009, Personal Information Management System Certification
· Released "Wintelips" (www.wintelips.com) Patent Analysis Service
· Established R&D Productivity Support Center in Daejeon
· Launched ASPI Program partnership organized by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
· Achieved ISO/IED 27001:2005, Information Security Management System Certification
· Hosted WIPS User Seminar
· Performed National R&D Patent Trend Analysis Project
· Designated Authorized Design Search Institute by KIPO
· WIPS IP Education Center is certified as Continuing Education Institute by Seoul Metropolitan Office
· Established WIPS Brand & Design Center
· Established WIPS IP Education Center
· Designated Authorized Technology Transfer Institute by Ministry of Knowledge Economy
· Opened Daejoen Office
· Designated Authorized Prior Art Search Institute by KIPO
· Designated Authorized Trademark Search Institute by KIPO
· Opened "IntoMark", the on-line Trademark Search Service
· Released "WIPS Global", Online Global Patent Search service
· Released "WIPS-JP", Japanese Patent Search service
· Launched S/W MediaPro, Digital Active Library
· Designated as an INNO-BIZ Corporation
· Designated as an Outstanding Technology Corporation by Technology Credit Guaranteed Fund
· Released Digital Active Library (DAL) Program
· Designated as the corporation for Integrated CD-ROM Management S/W
· Established WIPS R&D Institute
· Established WIPS Co., Ltd.
· Released "WIPSON" (www.wipson.com), which is the first Online Patent Search Service in South Korea
· Established WIPS Co., Ltd., by Mr. Hyung-Chil Lee, current CEO