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JIHYEON SHIN

Patent Department
Degree:
  • B. A. French Language and Literature, Kyungpook National University.
  • Paralegal Studies Certificate, Montclair State University (ABA-approved).
Practice Areas:
  • Foreign Patent, Utility Models and Industrial Designs filing coordinator.
  • Foreign Patent filing and prosecution of applications on a worldwide level in a wide variety of technical fields, with a special focus on:
    • Chemical Sciences, Pharmaceuticals and Materials Science
    • Biotechnology and Medical Devices.
    • Industrial & Mechanical Technologies.
  • Assignments/Transfers of rights, formalities requirements, document legalization and annuities.  
  • Coordination of translations of Patent applications and other IP rights.
  • Procurement of International Legal Advice.
Professional Career:

Prior to joining UNGRIA´s United States office, she acquired 7 years of experience in Intellectual Property working as a foreign patent filing coordinator in a reputed US law firm as well as a Korean IP firm.

Since joining UNGRIA's United States office in 2022, she has focused her professional activity on the coordination of the filing of Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs applications in more than 150 jurisdictions.

In her solid professional career advising national and international clients, she has specialized in the drafting of preliminary search reports and in the preparation and supervision of all the necessary documentation for the entry into national phase of PCT applications and direct applications before the corresponding national Offices. In addition, she has acquired a wide experience in the prosecution of official actions in relation to formalities before the mentioned Offices, in the monitoring and control of deadlines established by the Patent and Trademark Offices in those jurisdictions where the firm operates, in annuities and recordals.

Languages: English, Korean

In UNGRIA since: 2022