Company

Waterbee History & IP

Company milestones, instrument type approvals, registered patents and certifications since incorporation in 2021.

Incorporated
2021.10.05
Registered patents
6
Instrument type approvals
2
Waterbee

Dependable Measurement, Better Water

Waterbee develops field water-quality instruments and control/filtration systems. Measurement confidence, maintainability and integration with existing facilities are designed together.

Mission
Make dependable water-quality data available to more operating sites.
Vision
Create a practical water-management standard that connects measurement and maintenance.
History

Milestones Since Incorporation

The timeline focuses on turning points in the company, R&D organization, product approvals and technology assets rather than listing every support program.

2026
  • Signed a smart-water-management cooperation MOU with HSCMT (Jan 23)
  • Signed a multilateral MOU with KWWA and water-energy companies at WATER KOREA 2026 for joint projects based in Uzbekistan (Mar 20)
  • Signed a K-water performance-improvement benefit-sharing agreement (Apr 10)
2024
  • Registered the Hanam factory (Jan 9)
  • Registered a joint K-water patent for smart water-quality measurement and precision filtration (Apr 15)
  • Obtained residual chlorine analyzer type approval (Apr 17)
  • Signed a business cooperation agreement with HSCMT (Jun 16)
  • Received Venture Nara designation, WBSC10 EMC registration and pilot-purchase confirmation for turbidity and chlorine analyzers
  • The Waterbee–K-water joint patent received the KIPO Commissioner's Award at the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition (Nov 27)
2023
  • Registered four core water-instrumentation patents (May–Dec)
  • Obtained turbidity meter type approval (Dec 5)
  • Received an Encouragement Award in the commercialization category at the Korea Water Industry Innovation Startup Competition (Dec 7)
2022
  • Graduated from the 11th Youth Startup Academy (Feb)
  • Registered the WATERBEE trademark (Jul 29)
  • Signed the 14th K-water partner-startup agreement (Oct 31)
2021
  • Waterbee Co., Ltd. incorporated (Oct 5)
Intellectual Property

Patents & Applications

Registered patents are separated from the pending application, with joint ownership and transferred rights clearly identified.

6 registered patents

10-2658845

Smart Water-Quality Measurement and Precision Filtration System

Jointly owned by Waterbee and K-water

Public patent record
10-2615508

Turbidity Abnormality Diagnosis System

Waterbee registered patent

Public patent record
10-2570508

Residual Chlorine Measurement Apparatus with Comparative Measurement and Self-Calibration

Waterbee registered patent

Public patent record
10-2532710

Turbidity and Residual Chlorine Measurement System

Waterbee registered patent

Public patent record
10-1132985

Relay Monitoring System

Transferred at no cost from KOMIPO (2023.11.24)

Public patent record
1 pending application
10-2024-0132853

Self-Diagnostic Multi-Element Precision Water-Treatment Filter Apparatus

Under examination

Filed 2024.09.30
Certifications

Certifications

Instrument type approvals, corporate confirmations and public-procurement certifications.

Instrument type approval

Turbidity meter type approval

DWMS-TM-2023-5

WBSC10 / WBTU10 · NIER

2023.12.05
Instrument type approval

Residual chlorine analyzer type approval

DWMS-CM-2024-5

WBSC10 / WBFC10 · NIER

2024.04.17
EMC registration

WBSC10 EMC conformity registration

R-R-WBc-WBSC10

Smart water-quality instrument

2024.09.30
Corporate confirmation

Venture company confirmation

20241203030006

Innovation-growth category

2024.09.29–2027.09.28
Corporate confirmation

Startup company confirmation

202601-27213-0075017

Startup criterion date: 2021.10.05

2026.01.12–2028.10.05
Corporate confirmation

SME confirmation

0010-2026-654835

Small and medium-sized enterprise under Korean law

2026.04.01–2027.03.31
Public procurement

Venture Nara designation

2024-05-0054

Public Procurement Service Venture Nara

2024.05.31–2027.05.30
Public procurement

Pilot purchase of technology-developed products

2024-00369 / 2024-00370

Turbidity meter / residual chlorine analyzer

2024.10.16–2026.10.15

For contracting or procurement, confirm the latest certificate for scope and covered models.

Company Info

Company information

Company
Waterbee Co., Ltd.
Business registration no.
291-87-02513
Corporate registration no.
180111-1395177
CEO
Hojung Son
Address
Building 3, Unit 2, 39 Eco Delta Smart-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
Phone
1555-3534
General inquiries
waterbee@waterbee.co.kr
Customer support
support@waterbee.co.kr