Hi Robin & Steve, I too was disappointed when I went to KIPRIS and could not find the Korean documents. Granted, I can't read Korean, so all I hoped for was some diagrams, but nothing to be found.
Don't get hung up on the zeros, as you can see from the search engine interface, they are optional. The website claims the documents are "filed" which means just that. Patents are numbered in so many ways, you just wouldn't believe it. I think if we can't find anything on KIPRIS we're not going to do much better elsewhere. That said, I had no problem finding the rest of the documents. They're Romanian, not Korean. Try RO112312 GAS-GAS TYPE HEAT EXCHANGERS WITH THERMIC TUBES as a sample. The inventor is listed on the website as having held a position at the University Transilvania, perhaps immortality has given him some insights into CF that we mere humans lack (grin). I would withhold judgement until we find out more. They clearly have some tangible sort of business here. K. -----Original Message----- From: Robin van Spaandonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Big CF breakthrough reported In reply to Steven Krivit's message of Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:38:00 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Korean patent > >On http://iesiusa.com/intellectual.html there is a list of >>patents, but I don't recognize the number format. Can someone >>help? 10-20020026277 would be particularly interesting. > > >:) > > >Steve After spending hours searching the Korean patent database, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that this is a disinformation site. First, the "patent nr." Patent No.10-2002006931 is actually missing a digit (supposed to be 7 digits following the year). Second, the other patent 10-20020026277 appears to relate to a "BASE STATION APPARATUS AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD". I have written to them, and asked for clarification. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk All SPAM goes in the trash unread.
