Grace Kim

About Grace Kim

I represent a wide array of clients from start-ups to multinational corporations in the chemical (battery materials, semiconductor materials, cosmetics, formulations, glass products, polymers), biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. I counsel clients on intellectual property portfolio management and development, both domestically and internationally, continuously communicating with my clients on their technological and business objectives. While I concentrate my practice in intellectual property law, I have a special focus on the following areas:• Patent preparation• Prosecution• Appeals • Opinion work• Due diligence • Freedom-to-operate • Invalidity • Non-infringement

Experience

1. Partner

   Oblon

   Jan 2022 — Present

   Drafting and prosecution of patent applicationsAdvocating before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board both in briefs and oral argumentsConducting interviews with patent examinersCounseling clients and managing patent portfolios internally and internationallyDue diligence and patentability, invalidity, and non-infringement opinionsPreparation of motions and briefs before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education

• Loyola University Maryland

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry

  2007 — 2011

• The George Washington University Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  2014 — 2018

Skills

• Chemistry
• Microsoft Excel
• Scifinder
• Hplc
• Outlook
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Applications
• Legal Research
• Purification
• Patents
• Tlc
• Patent Prosecution
• Jchem
• Patentability
• Biotechnology
• 1h Nmr
• Nmr
• Microsoft Word
• Legal Writing
• Access
• Navision
• Sharepoint