Patent Office Selects Hyundai Motor Researcher Kim Jaeyeon as 'Invention King'

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on the 14th that it held the ‘57th Inventors' Day’ commemorative ceremony at the 63 Convention Center in Seoul.

The Inventors' Day commemorative ceremony is hosted by KIPO and organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association to raise public awareness of the importance of invention and to award inventors who have contributed to national industrial development.

Inventors' Day was designated as a national commemorative day at the Cabinet meeting in 1957 to commemorate May 19, 1441, when the world's first rain gauge was invented.

About 300 people attended the ceremony, including Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Committee Jeong Sang-jo, Commissioner of KIPO Lee In-sil, National Assembly members Lee Cheol-gyu and Yang Geum-hee, and heads of invention-related organizations.

At the awards ceremony held as part of the event, Kim Jin-hyun, Executive Director of LG Innotek Co., Ltd., received the prestigious ‘Gold Tower Industrial Medal’; Park Do-soon, Vice President of Mando Corporation, and Kim Jong-rae, Research Director of HL Science Co., Ltd., were awarded the ‘Silver Tower Industrial Medal’; and Kim In-gyu, CEO of Oseong Electronics Co., Ltd., and Kim Jae-heung, Principal Researcher at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, received the ‘Bronze Tower Industrial Medal’.

This year’s Inventor of the Year award went to Kim Jae-yeon, a researcher at Hyundai Motor Company. Researcher Kim was recognized for improving electric vehicle battery cooling technology, achieving world-class driving range and charging time, thereby contributing to strengthening the national technological competitiveness in the electric vehicle sector.

KIPO also provided an opportunity at the Inventors' Day ceremony to introduce inventions by major awardees and innovative entrepreneurs.

The exhibition of major awardees’ inventions included ▲5G wireless communication components that significantly reduce signal loss (LG Innotek Co., Ltd.) ▲an integrated remote control that automatically recognizes and operates surrounding Internet of Things devices (Oseong Electronics Co., Ltd.) ▲real-time genetic diagnostic equipment enabling rapid and accurate diagnosis using a dedicated biochip (Jin System Co., Ltd.) ▲the world’s first lightweight, high fuel-efficiency integrated electronic brake (Mando Corporation) ▲and a heat pump, a core component achieving world-class driving range and rapid charging time (Hyundai Motor Company).

Commissioner Lee In-sil of KIPO said, “I thank all the inventors who have devoted themselves to our country’s industrial development amid the global competition for technological supremacy,” and added, “KIPO will also strive together with inventors for a greater leap forward for the Republic of Korea.”

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