At the 'Campus Patent Universiade,' Chungnam National University's 'Embed' Wins Presidential Award

Chungnam National University 'AmbED' team members (from left) Park Seong-jun, Lee Chae-eun, and Choi Ji-hoon. Photo by the Korean Intellectual Property Office

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The student team 'AmbED' from Chungnam National University will receive the Presidential Award at the Campus Patent Universiade Awards Ceremony.

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on the 24th that it will hold the '2022 Campus Patent Universiade (hereafter the competition)' awards ceremony at the Chosun Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul.

The competition involves companies and research institutes presenting current issues related to technology and patents, and university (graduate) students analyzing and utilizing patent data to establish commercialization or patent acquisition strategies for the respective technologies.

This year marks the 15th edition of the competition, with 2,080 teams (4,739 participants) from 82 domestic universities participating. After a five-stage evaluation process including public participation, KIPO selected 122 teams from 29 universities as final award candidates.

Among them, the Presidential Award went to 'AmbED,' consisting of Park Seong-jun, Lee Jae-eun, and Choi Ji-hoon from Chungnam National University.

AmbED combined Hyundai Motor Company's small mobility platform 'MobED' technology with the emergency medical field, proposing an emergency medical mobility platform as a solution to the vulnerable groups in emergency medical care who are prone to missing the golden hour, earning them the honor of the Presidential Award.

The team stated, "Focusing on the importance of emergency medical response systems during disaster situations, we proposed a commercialization strategy for the emergency medical mobility platform," and added, "We hope the emergency medical mobility platform will be commercialized in practice and help save precious lives."

The Prime Minister's Award was given to the team of Yoo Hyun-sang and Choi Yoon-joo from Korea University of Technology and Education. This team identified infringement gaps in the 'smartphone display motor and support structure' and proposed ideas for changing the installed location.

KIPO plans to provide all awardees with opportunities for intellectual property education through the 'Next-Generation Intellectual Property Leaders (YIPL)' program, including meetings with CEOs, intellectual property lectures, startup support consulting, and participation in regional networks.

Lee In-sil, Commissioner of KIPO, said, "The level of analysis of the proposed ideas is excellent enough to be utilized in actual field applications," and added, "KIPO will continue to show interest and support so that young people can grow into talents leading future industries and fully demonstrate their capabilities."

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