Idea products that give a new sound every day

Introducing the idea products that give a new sound every day.

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Modular Synth Days Calendar

New Sound Every day for 15 years.

Creating new ideas every day is not easy.

It would be nice to have a flashy idea every day, but because it's very difficult, many people try to get inspiration from a variety of things and situations.

'Modular Synth Days Calendar' is a 'synthesizer' that allows you to hear new sounds every day.

If you look at the product, there are terminals with days, months, and years written on them, and you can freely plug them into the terminals using cables. Since different combinations produce different sounds, you can hear different sounds every day by connecting the cable to the terminal matching with the date like a calendar.

You can set it by 2034, so you can hear different sounds every day for at least 15 years from now.

If you can hear different sounds every day, won’t you be able to get ideas from unexpected inspiration?

This is an idea product for people who need a different idea.

WIPS 20th Anniversary User Seminar

On December 6, 20th Anniversary WIPS User Seminar was held at Imperial Palace Hotel in Seoul.

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At the end of 2019, we inform you of the news of WIPS and the plans for next year, and are able to meet in person and communicate with each other. This year was especially special for the 20th anniversary.

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This user seminar is about 20 years of the history of WIPS since its founding, and various presentations on WIPS's various service news, on/offline, future development, and technology strategies utilizing intellectual property rights. In addition, we have prepared various programs such as online service demonstrations, quiz times, and lucky draw and informative seminars.

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 The seminar began with the welcome speech of President WIPS, Mr. Hyung-Chil, LEE.

He would like to thank all those who loved and cared for WIPS for 20 years and all those who attended, and also said that we would continue to develop as customers' partners.

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The first presentation was given by Eun-young, PARK, managing director of Planning and Marketing Department, under the title of “WIPS IP TOTAL SERVICE Development Direction”. She explained how WIPS has been in the IP field for 20 years and how it will evolve, and it was the time to see how WIPS has been over the past years and how will be changed in the future.

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 Secondly, Mr. Myung-hwan, CHOI, Information Technology Strategy Team.

He explained about “BUILD,” an ambitious technology-industry converged data analysis solution prepared in the data center. With just a few clicks, the company's data is systematically analyzed, giving us an opportunity to see WIPS’s developed technology.

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The third presentation was by Mr. Bong-do, CHOI, Director of the IP Research Division. Under the theme of “AI meets the patent DATA,” it was time to find out the current level of patent research  using AI and how WIPS could integrate AI.

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 After lunch time, a quiz time was ready to change the mood.

We thought it would be difficult because all of the questions were related to WIPS and services, but everybody got the answer so quickly. We found that how much our customers have interests in WIPS service.

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 After quiz, the 2^nd session began with Ms. Sun-ah, HAN, the head of the online planning team, who announced “Starting to Innovate the IP Management, WIPS Strategy”.

We could learn the various online services of WIPS at a glance, and we felt proud to see the online services that will be gradually developed.

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 The following presentation was by Ms. Ja-yoon, CHOI, the consultant of Design Brand Business Division, under the theme of 'Brand Value in IP Perspective'. She showed the variety of trademarks and brands we are familiar and how they make it easy to understand the value and its importance.

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Next, Dr. Hyun-jong, PARK, Managing director of WIPS Technology Policy Center, presented a strategy for using technology valuation for commercialization. We have shown the WIPS as a commercialization partner with a detailed explanation of the technology valuation that is recently being issued.

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 The last presentation was made by Mr. Cheol-hwan Chung, a patent lawyer at Kim & Chang's law firm. Under the theme of “How to Win a Technical War,” he gave a lot of interesting examples of how to use patents to survive in this age of floods of technologies and products.

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 Afterwards, there was a time for ‘lucky draw’ for many people who stayed until the end of the seminar. The raffle prizes were handed out to the attendees. AirPods, Bean projectors, LED face masks… a variety of prizes were presented to 8 people in total.

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 With the end of the lucky draw all the programs of the 2019 User Seminar were completed.

In the past 20 years, WIPS has worked tirelessly as your intellectual property partner.

But above all, the biggest driving force behind this growth is customers.

We will continue to show that we are always evolving to provide better service with our customers’ support and encouragement.

Thank you for all your love for WIPS, and we look forward to your continued interests and love.

Thank you.

An Idea product for clean tumbler

Introducing ideas for a clean tumbler.

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HYDAWAY

Powerful water bottle cleaning tablets

In winter, a lot of tumblers are used to drink warm water or coffee.

In recent years, a lot of people are using tumblers, encouraging the use of personal tumblers or water bottles rather than disposable cups to protect the environment.

However, due to the nature of the tumbler, which contains a various kinds of drink, it must be cleaned after use. The problem is that washing the tumbler every time is cumbersome and inconvenient, so many people just clean it with water. But rinsing only with water may seem neat on the surface, but it is not good for hygiene.

 ‘HYDAWAY’ is an idea product that allows you to wash your tumbler simply and quickly. 
You don't need any tools. Put the warm water in the tumbler and shake it with a pill-like product. 
It reacts with warm water to produce fine bubbles, and the bubbles clean the inside of the tumbler when you shake it. 

Of course, it may be less effective than washing the inside with a brush yourself, but this may be a good idea for those who are troublesome and feels annoying or who use tumblers outside.

Development of long-term patent predictability model

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) and Prof. Kunkuk University Yoon Jang-hyuk said that they developed a model that can predict the long-term sustainability of patents using artificial intelligence. The predictive model is said to learn artificially the relationship between key indicators of US patents and patent retention periods. As companies’ point, since they can select and predict high-value patents, it is expected to help them to develop long-term strategies.

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Necessity of screening patent

The duration of patent rights is quite long, 20 years after filing. Why should we select long-term patents? It is due to the maintenance costs of the patent. Patents must be paid annually for maintenance, which is not a problem if the number is small, but the cost of maintaining and filing hundreds or thousands of patents a year like a large company is significant. For this reason, it is very important for companies to manage patents efficiently by pre-selecting patents with high business value.

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10% long-term strategy patent

When KISTI applied the predictive model for the latest 160,000 patents this year, it was found that about 16,000 cases, which is about 10%, would be high in the long term. By sector, many patents are concentrated in the fields of information and communication technology and medical convergence technology, and the company with the most long-term strategy patents is IBM, followed by Apple and Google.

Efforts to Increase national competitive power

KISTI and Kunkuk University researchers, who developed the predictive model, said that the research was developed to predict the national long-term response direction or to effectively predict and analyze the long-term technology strategy of competitors. As the researchers say, I hope that the technology sensing system using artificial intelligence can raise the R&D competitive power in Korea.

[WIPSTUDY #13] US PTAB Appeal Analysis

In this #13 issue,
we're going to deal with Derivation case followed by IPR, PGR and CBM last time and,
will analyze the US PTAB Appeal cases.

Trial reference - DER (Derivation)
Appeal references - reexam, reissue, regular patents

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To remind;

DER (Derivation) Proceeding is ...

   a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to determine whether (i) an inventor named in an earlier application derived that claimed invention from an inventor named in the petitioner's application, and (ii) the earlier application claiming such invention was filed without authorization...(USPTO)

Simply, A derivation proceeding is a trial proceeding conducted at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") to ensure that the first person to file a patent application is actually the true inventor of the claimed subject matter.


⧭DER2014-00002
Catapult Innovations pty ltd  v  Adidas AG

wipsglobal.com > trial/appeal-DER search

• Petitioner : Catapult Innovations Pty Ltd
• Patent Owner : Adidas AG
• Filing date : Nov. 4, 2013
• Institution decision date : Jul. 18, 2014

⏬ (below) Docket 'Derivation Petition' dated on Nov. 4, 2013.

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Petition to Institute derivation proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §135.
The stated exhibits are the grounds proving that this patent can't be granted based on the references mentioned in the docket.

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🔺PTAB citation reference of the DER case

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🔺PTAB non-patent references of the DER case


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US PTAB Appeal Analysis

From this part, we're going to review the US PTAB Appeal by analyzing reexam, reissue and non provisional patent (which means regular filed patent) cases.

wipsglobal.com > trial/appeal search - Appeal

By US BPAI (before AIA)-Appeal search,

◀ As of Nov. 2019,
Statistics of appeals at the US PTAB
115,186 cases (97%) of Non Provisional patent application, 2,812 cases (2%) of Reexamination and 452 cases (1%) of Reissue patents.
















As for the reexam cases 2,812, there're 1,808 patents are issued for 2,812 cases.

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Analyzing 1,808 reexam cases, 18 cases of Taiwan patents are found which is 7th ranked in the entire appeal cases.

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As for the reissue 452 cases, there're 218 patents are issued for 452 cases.

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Analyzing 452 reissue cases, a lot of countries are distributed without a big difference except for US and JP.

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And last non provisional patents, there're found 12,598 patents issued for 115,186 appeal cases. (Jan.1,2018 - present)

wipsglobal.com > trial/appeal search-regular

Analyzing non provisional cases during the latest 2 years, US patents are most followed by Germany and Japan. Taiwan is also found in 14th ranked with 55 patents.

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Re-analyzing the Taiwan 55 patents to see what applicants are.
Taiwan Semiconductor MFG (TSMC) has the most patents 22 cases, which is 48% of the total. And Delta Electronics and Mediatek are following after with a small number of cases.

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Nokia breaks 2000 patents of 5G

 Nokia declared to the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) that Nokia has exceeded 2000 patents for Standard Essential Patent on 5G communications. Nokia has continued to invest in developing 5G communications-related patents at the company level, and said they’re working to establish 5G standardization and implement 5G networks. Currently, R&D is under way to develop Release16, the next generation standard.

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 Nokia was a strong player of mobile phone

In fact, Nokia was a handset maker that took the top share in the feature phone market before smartphones appeared. At the time, it was very popular in the world market due to its excellent durability and quality, and was one of the leading companies to feed Finland. However, with the advent of the smartphone era, Nokia was unable to keep up with the times and was eroded from the mobile phone market.

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 Transform into a network company

Nokia, which had been pushed out of the market, seemed to retreat as it was, but tried to turn it into a network company by abandoning cell phone manufacturing. Since then, the company has invested heavily in network communication-related patents. Currently, the company receives patent royalties from various companies based on patents, and many companies including Korea use Nokia's network equipment.

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Leap once again

Behind the trends of the times, Nokia succeeded in transforming itself through a drastic constitution improvement and is trying to make another leap. Recently, ultra-low-priced feature phone products have been launched to target the niche feature phone market among flooding smartphones. I wonder if Nokia, ready to jump to revive the glory of the past, will fly once again.

LG Electronics sues Chinese TV company

LG Electronics has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Chinese TV company Hisense. Hisense is a major TV company in China that ranked fourth in sales volume in the first half of this year in the global TV market and is expanding its business by starting its business in the US market. LG Electronics has attracted attention by filing aggressive lawsuits, including not only Hisense's Chinese subsidiary but also its US subsidiary.

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Patent infringement issued

According to LG Electronics, Hisense infringed four patents. They’ve already sent warnings of infringement and asked for negotiations and settlements, but Hisense has remained in insincere attitude. After all, LG Electronics has filed a lawsuit to solve the problem.

A choice to hold a Chinese supplier in check

It is reported that LG Electronics filed a lawsuit against Chinese TV companies for 12 years after 2007. Industry officials commented on LG's lawsuit as an option to curb the growth of Chinese TV companies and correct the market order. China's TCL, which filed a lawsuit in 2007, surpassed LG Electronics in the North American market, making it the second-largest sales company. LG Electronics seemed to have needed to take the action on this Chinese company.

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LG Electronics conducts aggressive management

Recently, LG Electronics has been implementing an aggressive management approach that is different from the previous policy. In last September, a lawsuit was filed against three companies in Germany, and a few years ago, they fought with Samsung Electronics over a marketing campaign. Mr. Jeon Saeng-Gyu, vice president of the patent center of LG Electronics, said they will respond strongly to the protection of intellectual property rights.

[WIPSTUDY #12] Trial Docket and PTAB Reference (PGR, CBM)

In the #12 issue,
as mentioned in the last issue, we're going to review the documents of Trial/Appeal and PTAB references with the cases of PGR and CBM.

Trial Reference - PGR (Post Grant Review) and
                           CBM (Covered Business Method)

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To remind;

PGR (Post Grant Review) is ...

   a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent on any ground that could be raised under §282(b)(2) or (3). Post grant review process begins with a 3rd party filing a petition on or prior to the date that is 9 months after the grant of the patent or issuance of a reissue patent. (USPTO)


⧭ PGR2017-00043
Textron Inc. v. Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC

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• Petitioner : Textron Inc.
• Patent Owner : Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC
• Claims challenged : 1-7
• PTAB status : Settled
• PTAB outcome : No claims invalidated/ Cancelled
• Patent No. : USP 9481265 (Nov. 1, 2016 granted)

This trial between Textron and Nivel Parts & Manufacturing is on US patent 9481265, which is entitled 'Convertible golf cart seat assembly'. It was filed on Aug. 1, 2017 and closed in Feb, 2018 by the settlement of the two parties.

Grant date of the corresponding patent is Nov. 1, 2016 and the PGR petition was requested Aug. 1, 2017 which is 9 month since the grant date.

wipsglobal.com > Trial/Appeal-PGR search

⏬(below) Petition for Post Grant Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,481,265

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🔻(below) Post Grant Review PTAB citation reference

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🔻(below) Post Grant Review PTAB non-patent reference

By these PTAB patent/ non-patent references which were cited and used for trial decision, this case won't be able to be issued again.

wipsglobal.com > patent search > View Detail-Evaluation grade

◀ USP 9481265 is evaluated  AAA grade in the aspect of Rights, Technology and Usability.
. Rights - AAA
. Technology- AAA
. Usability - AAA







Now we can take a look at CBM case.

To remind;
CBM (Covered Business Method) ...
  a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service, except that the term does not include patents for technological inventions.(USPTO)

Unlike IPR or PGR, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regulations defines a CBM patent as a patent having claims: (1) used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service, and (2) that do not claim a "technological invention."


⧭ CBM2017-00035
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta v. Bozeman Financial LLC.

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• Petitioner : Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Patent Owner : Bozeman Financial LLC
• Claims challenged : 1-26
• Claims instituted : 1-26
• PTAB outcome : All instituted claims invalidated/ Cancelled 
• Patent No. : USP 6754640

This trial between Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Bozeman Financial is on US patent 6754640, entitled 'Universal positive pay match, authentication, authorization, settlement and clearing system'. It was filed on Jan. 31, 2017. This trial is closed since 1 year since instituted. All of the instituted claims are invalidated.

🔻 The docket information of the trial.

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⏬(below) CBM docket of the petition for Petition for Covered Business Method Review of Claims 1-26 of U.S. Patent no. 6754640.

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🔻 Checking the patent's trial record,
trial is dated Jan. 31, 2017 as below.

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🔻 Checking the patent's litigation record,
its litigation is dated Feb. 1, 2017 as below.

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The Petitioner has filed the trial and litigation at the almost same time.


🔻(Below) CBM Review PTAB references

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PTAB patent Citation reference and PTAB other (non-patent) references, which are journals referred to the trial decision.

wipsglobal.com > patent search > View Detail-Evaluation grade

◀ USP 6754640 is evaluated  AA grade in the aspect of Rights, Technology and Usability.
. Rights - AAA
. Technology- AA
. Usability - A








⧭The patent evaluation grade provides the evaluation grade of the Patent Analysis Evaluation System (SMART3) of the KIPA (Korea Invention Promotion Association) SMART3

* Rights : the likelihood of the patent to be maintaining its exclusive status in a patent dispute with a third party.
* Technology : The extent to which the patent to be evaluated coincides with and leads technical trends.
* Usability : The extent to which the patent to be evaluated will be used in business and the probability of the patent being used in business.

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