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Professional

Kate Kyonghee Paek

Patent Attorney / Partner

+82 2-577-0081

khpaek@thewaveip.com

Practice Areas

Medicine/Bio, Chemical/Material

Education &
Qualification

B.S., Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University (summa cum laude, 1993)

M.S., Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University (1995)

LL.M., School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin (2010)

44th Pharmacist Examination (1993)

36th Korean Patent Bar Examination (1999)

Experience

Patent Attorney, FirstLaw P. C. (1999~2015)

Partner, Patent Attorney, 5T International IP Law Firm (2015~2016)

Patent Attorney, Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners IP Law Firm (2016)

Vice President, Patent Attorney, Hanol Intellectual Property & Law (2017~2019)

Managing Partner, Patent Attorney, Lila IP Law Firm (2019~2021)

Partner, Patent Attorney, THEWAVE IP Law Firm (2021~)

Areas of Expertise

Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Chemical Field, Domestic and International Patent Prosecution, Trial, Litigation, Infringement Action, Licensing

Representative
Cases

Invalidation actions for Celgene, DSM, Infineum, General Electric, Mitsubishi Rayon, etc.

Invalidation and scope confirmation actions for Eli Lilly

Invalidation and infringement actions for Tonen Chemical

Trials against Examiner’s final rejection for Pfizer, Roche, Merck, General Electric, DSM, Celgene, P&G, Alcon, Toyama, etc.

Patent term extension cases for Pfizer, Roche, Takeda, Toyama, etc.

Cancellation request or opposition cases for Pfizer, Eastman Chemical, P&G, Nitto Denko, etc.

Validity and/or infringement analysis for Merck, P&G, PPG, ExxonMobil, Mitsubishi Rayon, Nippon Paint, etc.

Patent prosecution for various pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical companies including Pfizer, Roche, Merck, Celgene, DSM, Raptor, Medimmune, P&G, PPG, Dow Chemical, GE Osmonics, ExxonMobil, Bayer, Infineum, General Electric, Toyama, Idemitsu Kosan, Tokyo Electron, Mitsubishi Rayon, Nitto Denko, etc.