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Ms. Heejung Kim passed the 44th Korean Patent Attorney Examination in 2007 and currently serves as a partner and patent attorney at LEE & MOCK IP.
Ms. Kim provides customized intellectual property services across a broad spectrum of chemical and biological fields for university industry-academia cooperation groups, research institutes, startups, SMEs, and large corporations. Her technical expertise encompasses secondary batteries, LEDs, catalysts, films, ion exchange membranes, new drugs, chem-bio convergence technologies, semiconductor materials, neural interfaces, photosensitizers, chemical sensors, biosensors, compositions for government procurement, adhesives, labels, repellents, cosmetics, petrochemicals, wastewater treatment, air purifiers, and resin compositions.
Leveraging her multilingual capabilities, Ms. Kim has extensive experience in prior-art searches, IP consulting, patent prosecution, Office Action (OA) analysis and responses, freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis, technology and patent trend analysis, patent map generation, expert opinions, infringement analysis, provision of information, patent cancellation requests, validity/invalidity searches, and various patent trials.
Ms. Kim is particularly highly regarded for her strengths in building and managing patent portfolios for individuals and corporate clients, as well as providing IP strategy and growth consultations tailored to their specific business stages.
EDUCATION
- Michigan State University (B.S. in Chemistry, 1993)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- LEE & MOCK IP (2009-Present)
- Hanyang Patent & Law Firm (2009)
- Ha & Ha Patent Law Office (2008)
ADMISSION
- Patent Attorney, Republic of Korea (2007)
LANGUAGES
- Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese
KEY ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
- Major Cases Handled - Film: patent prosecution, OA responses, third-party submissions, cancellation proceedings, invalidity searches, and patent portfolio consulting
- Major Cases Handled - Secondary battery: patent prosecution, OA responses, patent mapping, and validity/invalidity analysis
- Major Cases Handled - Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) pharmaceuticals: freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis, invalidity searches, and design-around consulting
- Major Cases Handled - Catalyst: patent prosecution, OA responses, and business growth consulting
- Major Cases Handled - Petrochemical: infringement analysis and strategic consulting
- Major Cases Handled - Sensor: patent prosecution, OA responses, and consulting
- Lecture Activities: Delivered patent case study lectures for a major domestic corporation
- Lecture Activities: Delivered secondary battery technology lectures for the foundation of a major domestic corporation
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Film: patent prosecution, OA responses, third-party submissions, cancellation proceedings, invalidity searches, and patent portfolio consulting
- Secondary battery: patent prosecution, OA responses, patent mapping, and validity/invalidity analysis
- Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) pharmaceuticals: freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis, invalidity searches, and design-around consulting
- Catalyst: patent prosecution, OA responses, and business growth consulting
- Petrochemical: infringement analysis and strategic consulting
- Sensor: patent prosecution, OA responses, and consulting
REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION CASES
- Successfully represented a client in several patent cancellation proceedings in the film field.