Kyung Ae Yoon

Experience

2013-present Senior Patent Attorney, Yulchon LLC

2011-2012 Strategy Division Director, Member of Board of Directors, Patent Information Promotion Center

2009-2011 International Business Division Director, Member of Board of Directors, Korean Institute of Patent Information

2010 Adjunct professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

2009 Administrative Patent Judge, Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal

2008 Senior Technical Examiner, Patent Court

2006-2007 Director, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exam. Division

2006 Administrative Patent Judge, Korean Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Tribunal

2005-2006 Solicitor, Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal

2004-2005 Senior Patent Examiner, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exam. Division

1999-2003 Patent Examiner, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exam. Division

1996-1999 Patent Examiner, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Fine Chemistry Exam. Division

1996-1998 Lecturer, Sungkyunkwan University, College of Pharmacy

1996 Lecturer, Chosun University, Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering

1982-1984 Pharmacist, Seoul National University Hospital

Practice Areas

Kyung Ae Yoon, a patent attorney at Yulchon, is a member of Intellectual Property Practice of the firm. Her practice is focused on patent litigation, patent portfolio development and management, patent prosecution, patent strategic counseling, patent linkage, patent evaluation, licensing and technology transfer in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemicals, food, polymers, cosmetics, household products and medical devices. She also advises clients on patentability, patent validity, patent infringement and trade secrets. Before joining the firm, she worked as a strategy division director at the Patent Information Promotion Center, an international business division director at the Korean Institute of Patent Information, an administrative patent judge and a solicitor at the Korean Intellectual Progerty Tribunal, a technical examiner at the Patent Court, and a director of the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Examination Division of the Korean Intellectual Property Office. In her past work experience, she dealt with numerous patent trials and patent examinations. She was admitted as a Korean Patent & Trademark attorney in 2002. She is a registered pharmacist in Korea.

Personal

Education

2011 Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Global Leadership Program

2006 University of Washington, CASRIP Summer Institute

1995 University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Ph.D.

1993 University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, M.S.

1981 Sungkyunkwan University, School of Pharmacy, B.S.