OUR PEOPLE

Yongook Son Patent Attorney / Technology Transfer Agent / Partner

Education

  • Seorabeol High School (1983)
  • Yonsei University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1990)

Career

  • Passed the Technical Official Exam (1991)
  • Patent Examiner/ Assistant Trial Examiner/ Litigator, KIPO (1994-2001)
  • Technical Advisor (Intellectual Property), Korean Supreme Court (2001-2003)
  • Technical Advisor, Patent Court (2006)
  • Examination Director/Trial Examiner, KIPO (2006-2018)
  • Intern at BSKB Law Firm, USA (2009-2011)
  • Chief Trial Examiner, Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (IPTAB) (2018-2021)
  • Director, Machinery & Metals Examination Bureau at KIPO (2021-2022)
  • Vice President, Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) (2022-2024)

Book / Thesis

  • Co-author, “Patent Cases by Issue” (2002)