Platform and Commerce Patents in Korea

Your patent attorneys

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
• Patent strategies for battery management, financial AI and defense technologies

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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

• Patent filing and prosecution in electronics, AI, software, UI/UX, blockchain and IoT
• Consulting for regional IP centers’ IP support and IP Narae programs (2025)

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Procedure and timing in Korea

From application to grant

1. Consultation and invention reviewWe review your invention disclosure, drawings and experimental data to define what to protect.
2. Prior-art search and application draftingUsually two weeks to one monthWe search Korean and overseas patent literature, assess patentability and draft the specification and claims.
3. Filing and request for examinationRequest examination on filing or within three years of the filing dateWe file in Korea and request examination, with a request for accelerated examination where the requirements are met.
4. Examination and office-action response2025 averages to the first examination result: 14.7 months for regular examination; 2.1 months for accelerated examinationIf an office action issues, we prepare arguments and amendments within the notified response period, usually two months for domestic applicants. Extensions may be available.
5. GrantPay the registration fee within three months of receiving the decision to grantThe patent right takes effect upon registration after payment of the registration fee.

• Venture or Inno-Biz status, or evidence that the applicant is implementing or preparing to implement the invention, may support an accelerated-examination request. For an operating service, we review the available implementation evidence.

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