Members

  • JAE-CHUL CHOI
    JAE-CHUL CHOI (Founder)
    Admitted to Korean Patent Bar as a Patent Attorney (1965)
    Experience:
    Founder and Managing Partner of Choi, Kim & Partners (Jul. 1973-2012)
    Primary Patent Examiner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office in the fields of mechanical and Automobile (1957-1968)
    Trial Examiner and Appellate Trial Examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office, IPTAB (1968-1973)
    Training for patent Examination Practice under the program of Job on Task at Japanese Patent Office (Sep. 1965- Jul. 1966)
    President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) in Korea & Vice President of APAA in Tokyo, Japan. (1984-1986)
    President of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) in Korea (1990-1992)
    Practice Areas : Mechanics
    Education : B.S. in mechanical engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul (1956)

  • BYUNG-SEOK PARK
    BYUNG-SEOK PARK (Senior Partner)
    Admitted to Korean Patent Bar as a Patent Attorney (1990)
    Experience:
    Patent Attorney, Chemistry and Electronics, Choi, Kim & Partners (Feb. 2000-present)
    Department Chief Attorney of Chemical Department, Central International Law Firm (1991 -Jan. 2000)
    Primary Patent Examiner in the Korean Intellectual Property Office (1985-1990)
    Training for Patent Examination at the Japanese Patent Office (1988) and USPTO (1987)
    Committee Member of the Korea Patent Law Revision Committee (1987-1990)
    Practice Areas : Chemistry, Electronics and Design
    Education :
    Kon-Kuk University, Graduate School of Law (LLM candidate, 1993-1996)
    Columbia University, School of Law (visiting scholar, 1990)
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (M.S. Biochemistry, 1985)
    Seoul National University of Technology (B.S. Electronics, 2001)

  • JANG-CHAN SUH
    JANG-CHAN SUH (Senior Partner)
    Admitted to Korean Patent Bar as a Patent Attorney (1992)
    Experience:
    Patent Attorney, Choi, Kim & Partners (Oct. 1997-present)
    Department Chief Attorney of Electronic Department, Central International Law Firm (1993-1997)
    Primary Patent Examiner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office in the fields of Electrical and Electronic (1987-1993)
    Deputy Chief of Department, Korean Monopoly Office (1980-1987)
    Committee Member of Telecommunication Research Development Institute (2001-2003)
    Judging Committee Member of Korean Exhibition of Inventions (1991)
    Training for IP fields at the Japanese Patent Office (1990)
    Practice Areas : Electrical, Electronics and Trademark
    Education : Yon-Sei University (B.S. Electrical, 1980)

  • JAE-HONG KIM
    JAE-HONG KIM (Partner)
    Admitted to Korean Patent Bar as a Patent Attorney (1994)
    Experience:
    Patent Attorney, Choi, Kim & Partners (2016-present)
    President of the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency (2012-2016)
    Adjunct Professor of Law School of Yon-Sei University (2010-2015)
    Patent Examiner, Trial Examiner in IPTAB of the KIPO and Assistant Examiner of the Patent Court in the fields of Electrical and Electronic (1989-2012)
    Deputy Director of the Korean National Railroad Office (1984-1989)
    Practice Areas : Electrical, Electronics and Trademark
    Education :
    Tokyo University, Graduate School of Law and Politics Research (LLM. 2000)
    Yon-Sei University (B.S. Electrical, 1982)

  • YOUNG-JAE PARK
    YOUNG-JAE PARK (Technical Advisor)
    Experience:
    Choi, Kim & Partners (Feb. 2014-present)
    Evaluation Staff at Foundation for Industry Corporation, University of Ulsan (2014-present)
    Evaluation Staff at DMRC, KyungPook National University Hospital (2012-present)
    TAEWOONG International Patent & Law Firm (2012-2014)
    JUNGJIN International Patent & Law Firm (2010-2011)
    SAMSUNG Biomedical Research Institute (1998-1999)
    Practice Areas : Chemistry and Biotechnology
    Education :
    KyungPook National University (Ph.D. School of Life Science, 2015)
    KyungPook National University (M.S. Microbiology, 1998)

  • NAM-JU HWANG
    NAM-JU HWANG (Technical Advisor)
    Experience:
    Choi, Kim & Partners (Feb. 2018-present)
    Central International Law Firm (1998-2002)
    President of BAESE CO.LTD. (2003-2016)
    Practice Areas : Electronics and Telecommunication
    Education :
    Yon-Sei University (B.S. Electronics, 1988)
    Missouri State University (M.S. Electronics, 1990)
    Georgia Tech (PhD candidate, Electronics, 1992)