Since 1999, Mr. Byungjae Kim has specialized in domestic and international patent prosecution, prior-art searches, and trial proceedings for numerous pharmaceutical/biotech companies.
Mr. Kim has deep technical expertise across the fields of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Notably, based on his experience as a researcher in the biotechnology industry, he provides highly specialized IP services in this area.
Mr. Kim’s practice focuses on domestic and foreign patent prosecution, OA responses, prior-art searches and patentability analyses, IP consulting, freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses, infringement analyses, and patent dispute counseling. He provides comprehensive IP services covering the entire lifecycle of research and development, from early-stage patent strategy and portfolio development to licensing, enforcement, and dispute resolution.
EDUCATION
- KAIST (M.S. in Biotechnology, 1995)
- Seoul National university (B.S. in Agricultural Chemistry, 1991)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- LEE & MOCK IP (2002-Present)
- WonJeon International Patent Law Firm (1999-2002)
- Korea Green Cross Company (1995-1999)
ADMISSION
- Patent Attorney (Korea, 1999)
LANGUAGES
- Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese
KEY ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIP
- Korean Patent Attorneys Association(KPAA)
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- - FTO analysis and advisory services for biosimilar antibody patents
- - Patent analysis relating medical protein materials
- - FTO analysis and advisory services for microarray patents of a multinational company
- - Patent prosecution for botulinum toxin based inventions
- - Patent prosecution for pharmaceutical inventions involving small-molecule compounds
- - Patent prosecution for pharmaceutical/biotech inventions involving antibodies and microorganisms
- - Patent prosecution for inventions relating to peptides
- - Patent prosecution for inventions relating to RNA
REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION CASES
- - Invalidation and litigation relating to a pharmaceutical composition
- - Trials relating to RNA-based inventions
- - Trials relating to stem cell-based inventions