Chongbok YOON - Kim & Chang IP

Overview

Chongbok Yoon joined Kim & Chang in 2004 and is a patent attorney in the firm's Chemical Practice Group. He received his BS in Chemistry (1994) and PH.D. in Philosophy-Polymer Chemistry (1999) from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Mr. Yoon was admitted to the Korean Patent Bar in 1998. Before joining the firm he worked at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology as an in-house counsel developing patent strategies, reviewing and prosecuting more than 50 patents, training engineers and staff in Korean patent practices, and evaluating research projects using several techniques such as patent mapping and the IP valuation technique from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Yoon also worked at the Max-Plank Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany as a researcher in polymer chemistry from 1999 to 2000. His practice focuses on a wide range of intellectual property matters in the field of chemistry, including prosecution, actions before KIPO and lower courts, and consultating domestic and foreign companies on IP strategies. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Forum.

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2004-Present)

Maiwald GmbH (2011)

Lederer & Keller (2011)

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea (2000-2004)

Max-Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (1999-2000)

Representative MattersView All

Represented a global chemical company in the patent infringement and invalidation actions before the Korean Court and KIPO against two Japanese companies (2021)
Represented a global chemical company in the patent infringement and invalidation actions before the Korean Court and KIPO against a Korean company (2019)
Represented a US chemical company in the patent infringement and invalidation actions before the Korean Court and KIPO against a Korean company (2018)
Advised chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Europe, and U.S.A. on patent prosecution and litigation matters
Advised a Korean R&D institute in the opposition procedure against a French company before the Europen Patent Office (2013)

Representative ActivitiesView All

Publications/Activities

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v.11, no.6, pp.430 - 434 (2001)
J. Mater. Chem., 9, 2339-2344 (1999)
Journal of Materials Chemistry 8(4):913-917 (1998)
Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry 35(11):2253 - 2258 (1997)
Macromolecules 29(17) (1996)
EP Patent Advisory Member of KIPA (2016-2017)
Speaker, "Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Patentrechtssprechung in CN, JP, KR und US" GDCh-Fachgruppe (Sept. 2022)