Alexander J. Kim

Alex Kim protects companies’ inventions by acquiring patents and the associated monopoly rights for the companies.

Alex has wide-ranging experience in prosecuting patent applications in front of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Alex knows how to strategize domestic and international intellectual property rights so that the companies can be positioned to reach their business goals.

Alex has a background in physics, chemistry, biophysics, computational biology, and physiology. He has deep knowledge across a broad range of technologies and industries, including space vehicles, robots, optics and lenses, blockchain, construction, automotive, heavy industrial machines, chemicals, biomedical devices, diagnostic methods, displays, e-commerce, HVAC systems and controls, network systems, communication systems, energy storages, and alternative energies.

Concentrations

•Legal areas
•Patent prosecution and appeals
•Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice and procedures
•Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) practice and procedures
•International and domestic patent strategies
•Patent portfolio management
•Patent opinions
•Invention mining
•Design patents
•Technical areas
•Spaceship thrusters
•Construction and engineering
•Metal extraction processes
•Games
•Blockchains
•E-commerce and user interfaces
•Communications and control systems
•Optics and lenses
•Biomedical and surgical devices
•Nanotechnology and biochips
•Refrigeration and HVAC (systems and controls)
•Solar energy
•Fuel cells and batteries
•Display device and mobile device components
•Automotive and transportation
•Foods and chemicals
•Computer hardware and software
•Designs

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Recipient, Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Leadership Award, 2013