Academic R&D History & Intellectual Property

Media & Press

Media Coverage

Official media coverage highlighting Worflogy's technological innovation and business values.

Worflogy CEO Youngkuk Hamn introducing ontology tools

Press Coverage 2026.06.17

[Startup-ing] Worflogy “Semantic & Ontology, Simultaneously Solving Corporate Troubles and Boosting Growth”

"Many corporations adopt AI expecting efficiency and expansion, but often fail to see tangible utility or face critical errors from hallucination. Worflogy designs irreplaceable intellectual capital by organizing unstructured knowledge into organic contexts through semantic ontology-based fractal R&D."

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Timeline

2026.07

Academic R&D in Cognitive Architecture & Organic Knowledge Graph Solutions

Conducting research on building core solutions and stabilizing usability (refer to Key Projects)

2026.07

WORFLOGY Trademark Secured (IT Products & SaaS Cloud Services)

Official trademark secured for WORFLOGY brand covering IT products and SaaS cloud services

2026.06

Strengthening IP Portfolio (Patent Registered : 2026.06)

Patent registration for workflow ontology (No. 10-2985783)

2025.12

Strengthening IP Portfolio (Patent Applied)

Patent application for workflow ontology (No. 10-2025-0187777)

2025.08

Registered as a Partner of Korea University High-AI Research Institute (Related Link)

Establishing collaboration initiatives

2025.08

Relocated to Uiwang Startup Support Center

Relocated office from Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi-do

2025.08

Trademark Licensing Agreement

CONTEXTON trademark

2025.07

Worflogy Inc. Founded (Trademark & Patent Licensing Agreement)

WORFLOGY trademark and registered workflow ontology patent

2017.05

Patent Registration for Risk Management & Original Ontology Technologies

Registered core original patent and completed PCT application regarding semantic web-based risk mining and ontology (Linked-Data)

2010.10

Academic Foundation

A study on semantic network configuration for weak signal acceptance of emerging risks (University of Southampton, Master's Thesis)

Portfolio

Intellectual Property & Corporate Qualifications

Worflogy's legal and academic patent portfolio and official corporate qualifications.

Patent Licensed Licensee: Worflogy Inc.

Mind mining analysis method using link between view data (Semantic Ontology-based Risk Management)

No. 10-1791086 / PCT WO2018212398A1 (Original Inventor: CEO Youngkuk Hamn)

Company Type Worflogy Inc.

SME (Small & Micro Enterprise)

Ministry of SMEs and Startups · Classified under Article 2 of the Framework Act on Small and Medium Enterprises

Patent Registered (KR) Applicant: Worflogy Inc.

Issue-based Workflow Ontology Management Method and Apparatus Performing the Same

No. 10-2985783 (Registration Date: 2026.06.30) / Inventor: CEO Youngkuk Hamn

Company Type Worflogy Inc.

Early-stage Startup

Ministry of SMEs and Startups · Early-stage Startup Period: ~ 2028.07.10

Vision & Mission

Vision and Mission

Vision

Establishing a Cognitive Ecosystem that Connects Thoughts into Context to Maximize Knowledge Interoperability

Mission

Securing Original Technologies that Accomplish Intelligent Partnerships with AI through Bottom-Up Knowledge Graph Designs

Core Technology

1. Workflow Ontology: Structuring the practitioner's problem-solving paths and unstructured thought data into causal relationships
2. Fractal Ontology: An organic knowledge system that aligns everything from the smallest unit of knowledge to enterprise organization intelligence under the same fractal structure
3. Contextual Narrative Engine: A technology that converts dynamic communication relationships into real-time responsive narratives for close collaboration with AI