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Mr. Yongho Seo has been a partner at LEE & MOCK IP since joining the firm in 2006. He has extensive experience in patent, utility model and design prosecution, Office Action responses, freedom-to-operate (FTO) and infringement analysis, as well as patent search and analytics.
Drawing upon his hands-on engineering experience in semiconductor equipment, LCD equipment, and robotics systems, Mr. Seo provides practical and flexible consulting services that integrate industrial field expertise with professional IP knowledge to support his clients’ R&D and IP management strategies.
Mr. Seo has also developed and operated LEE & MOCK IP’s in-house patent analysis systems for processing and analyzing large-scale patent data. Through customized services such as prior-art investigations for new market entry, analysis of competitors’ extensive patent portfolios, and patent analysis for feasibility assessments, he has successfully addressed a wide range of client needs.
Even before the recent rise of the AI era, LEE & MOCK IP had already been providing proprietary and differentiated IP services to clients. As part of these initiatives, Mr. Seo led the development of an automated proofreading system for patent applications and an automated terminology dictionary system for translation work.
EDUCATION
- Seoul National University (B.S. in Agricultural Machinery Engineering, 1996)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- LEE & MOCK IP (2006-Present)
- Unis Patent (2002-2005)
- Seojin Engineering (1999-2000)
- Daewoo Heavy Industries (1998)
ADMISSION
- Patent Attorney, Republic of Korea (2006)
LANGUAGES
- Korean, English, Japanese
KEY ACTIVITIES
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- * Patent Risk Assessment and Design-Around Strategy Study for New Excavator Technologies (2005)
- * Development Roadmap Analysis for Piezoelectric Feedback Technologies Based on IP Intelligence (2010)
- * IP Analysis for Strengthening the Competitiveness of LED Chip Mounter Design Technologies (2010)
- * Patent Analysis of Capsule Robot Mobility Technologies (KIST, 2014)
- * Competitive Intelligence Analysis of Major Competitors in the Marine Gas Compressor Industry (2014)
- * Market and Patent Landscape Analysis of BLDC Motor Technologies (2014)
- * Patent and Market Research on Geological Resource Development Technologies (Korea Invention Promotion Association, 2015)
- * Value Enhancement Strategy for HVAC Technologies through IP Analytics (KIST & Korea Invention Promotion Association, 2015)
- * International IP Dispute Prevention Consulting for LCD Cleaning Equipment (Korea Intellectual Property Protection Association, 2015)
- * Patent Technology Trend Analysis of Cell-Free DNA (cfDNA) Technologies (2016)
- * Patent Technology Trend Analysis of Panel Sequencing Technologies (2016)
- * IP Management Level-Up Program Consulting (Korea Invention Promotion Association, 2015)
- * Patent Strategy Development for Tire Technologies (2016)
- * Patent Strategy for Cement Manufacturing Equipment Technologies (2016)
- * Patent Strategy for Tire Manufacturing Equipment Technologies (2017)
- * Technical and Patent Analysis of Sewing Machine Component Technologies (KIST, 2019)
- * Patent Search and Analysis of Dehumidification HVAC Systems Utilizing Desiccant Rotors (KIST, 2019)
- * Patent Landscape Consulting for Flying Mobility Technologies (2019)
- * Patent Consulting in Antenna Technologies (2020)
- * Patent Consulting in Battery Technologies (2020)
- * Patent Consulting in Graphene Technologies (2020)