KICET TECHNOLOGY
KICET Technology and
Spin-off Company Status
LUCENAIR’s core technology comes from the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET). This page sets out which technology was transferred, on what terms, and how we relate to KICET as a research institute spin-off company.
TRANSFERRED TECHNOLOGY
The technology we licensed
LUCENAIR CO., LTD. was founded on 20 October 2025 and is a research institute spin-off company that has signed a technology license agreement with the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET) for its “Activated carbon fiber manufacturing method and filter modularization technology” (Korean Patent No. 10-2880544). Under this agreement, we are commercializing the transferred technology.
The license is a non-exclusive license. KICET keeps the patent, and LUCENAIR may practice the technology in Korea during the term of the agreement.
| Technology | Activated carbon fiber manufacturing method and filter modularization technology |
|---|---|
| Base patent | Korean Patent No. 10-2880544 (registered 30 October 2025) “Method for manufacturing activated carbon fiber using isotropic pitch, and activated carbon fiber manufactured by the method” |
| Patent holder | KICET |
| License | Non-exclusive license · Korea |
| Term | 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2030 |
| Royalties | Fixed fee (cash and shares) + running royalty (5% of sales) |
The technology and patent titles are English translations of the Korean originals.
RESEARCH INSTITUTE SPIN-OFF
Spin-off company status
A research institute spin-off company is set up inside an R&D special zone to turn a public research institute’s technology into a business, and the institute that provided the technology holds equity in it. LUCENAIR is a KICET research institute spin-off company in the Jinju R&D Special Zone.
FROM TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCT
From technology to product
Activated carbon fiber technology from KICET becomes products through LUCENAIR’s material platform, and part of the sales goes back to KICET.
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01 · Development
KICET
Korean Patent No. 10-2880544
Activated carbon fiber manufacturing -
02 · Transfer
Non-exclusive license
License term 2025.11 to 2030.11
KICET equity 10% -
03 · Commercialization
LUCENAIR CO., LTD.
Research institute spin-off No. 2230
Founded 2025.10 · Jinju -
04 · Materials
ACF · MOF@Fiber
Activated carbon fiber adsorbent
Fiber loaded with MOF crystals -
05 · Products
Filters · Collectors · Modules
Industrial air filters
VOCs collectors · CO₂ removal modules
WHERE WE WORK
Research and production
inside KICET
Our head office is in the Composite Materials Building of KICET’s Ceramic Fiber Convergence Center. Close to where the technology came from, we test materials and design filter structures.
On top of the transferred activated carbon fiber technology, we add applied technologies such as MOF@Fiber loading, 4-layer composite filter design and low-temperature electric regeneration, and carry them through to products.
