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Corporate IP Advisory in KoreaEmployee inventions · Portfolios · Due diligence · Annuities

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Corporate IP advisory

Filing is only the beginning of patent management. Missing employee-invention arrangements can put ownership at risk, while missed annuity deadlines can lead to loss of registered rights.

How we can help

  • Employee inventions: Compensation rules, operating forms and consultation procedures
  • Patent portfolios: Review of existing rights and filing plans for gaps
  • IP due diligence: Ownership, validity, disputes and FTO
  • Annuity management: Deadline tracking and maintenance or abandonment decisions

Your patent attorneys

Kang Min-ho — Managing Korean Patent Attorney

Kang Min-hoManaging Korean Patent Attorney

Education
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
Qualifications
Passed the 53rd Korean Patent Attorney Examination
Career
  • Managing Patent Attorney, Pine IP Firm (2022–present)
  • Patent Attorney, Electronics Team, Jiwon IP Law Firm (2020–2022)
  • Patent Attorney, Electronics Team, Lee & Mock (2018–2020)
  • Patent Attorney, Wooin Patent & Law Firm (2017–2018)
Experience and activities
  • Competitor patent analysis, FTO and design-around review
  • IP-R&D strategy, government-support consulting and patent training for companies and research institutions
Kang Min-ho — View profile
Jung Jae-yeol — Managing Korean Patent Attorney

Jung Jae-yeolManaging Korean Patent Attorney

Education
Electrical, Electronic and Radio Engineering, Korea University
Qualifications
Passed the 53rd Korean Patent Attorney Examination; certified technology transaction specialist
Career
  • Managing Patent Attorney, Pine IP Firm (2024–present)
  • Lee & Mock (2021–2024)
  • Haean Patent & Law Firm (2021)
  • Yoon & Lee International Patent & Law Firm (2019–2020)
Experience and activities
  • IP-R&D strategy, IP advice for fintech businesses and patent-search training
  • Expert pool member, Seongnam Industry Promotion Agency (10 April 2026–9 April 2027)
Jung Jae-yeol — View profile

Representative experience

Employee inventions and patent practice at KEPCO E&C

Employee-invention training

A seminar for researchers on employee inventions and patent practice, including specification and claim-drafting exercises.

Related insights

Competitor patent research and FTO analysis

FTO and infringement-risk review

Patent searches and claim charts supported reviews of product infringement risk and design-around options.

IP-R&D strategy support projects

IP-R&D

Work on several projects under the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency’s IP-linked R&D strategy support program between 2020 and 2023.

Procedure and timing in Korea

How an advisory project works

  1. Consultation and initial reviewWe review your patent list, internal policies and relevant agreements.
  2. Scope, deliverables and quotationWe agree the review scope, deliverables and schedule and provide a quotation.
  3. Analysis and draftingWe prepare the agreed work, such as employee-invention rules, a portfolio assessment or an IP due-diligence report.
  4. Reporting and follow-upWe explain the findings and assist with further filings, assignment agreements and annuity decisions.
  • Timing depends on the number of rights and the documents available. We agree a schedule during the consultation.

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