Patent Attorney
TEL |
+82-2-6386-7934 |
E-MAIL |
sungmin.cho@leekoip.com |
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Sungmin Cho advises and assists clients on a wide range of intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution, litigation, licensing and the IP Landscape. In addition to handling general patent-related matters and procedures, he has developed particular expertise in chemical, pharmaceutical and biological technologies, and has successfully counseled clients in obtaining numerous patents for their inventions in these areas, with a particular emphasis on technologies relating to organic/inorganic compounds, polymers, and secondary battery materials.
Education
2014 |
Seoul National University - B.S. in Chemistry |
Work Experience
2020-Present |
Lee & Ko IP |
2018-2020 |
Kim & Chang |
Expertise
IP Litigation |
Trade Secret · Company Information Protection |
Responding to Unfair Competition |
International IP Litigation |
IP Compliance |
Healthcare · Life Sciences |
IP Strategy Consulting |
IP Transactions & Licensing |
Chemical |
Pharmaceuticals · Biotechnology |
IPTAB Proceedings |
US · Europe (IP Prosecution) |
Japan (IP Prosecution) |
Admissions
Admitted to the Korean patent bar (2017) |
Languages
Korean, English and Japanese |
Representative Cases
- Invalidation/Scope confirmation actions and IP litigation for Various Pharmaceutical Companies
- Providing IP Landscape by analyzing patent portfolio for establishing new business strategies
- Consulting Korean companies on criminal/administrative litigation in the environmental field
- Analyzing patents for trade secret and technology exploitation issues
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- 'Novel and Simple Headspace In-Tube Microextraction Coupled with Capillary Electrophoresis,' J. Chromatogr. A, 1346, 117 (2014)
- 'Headspace In-Tube Microextraction Coupled with Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography of Neutral Aromatic Compounds,' Talanta 148, 729 (2016)