Managing Partner대표 변리사
Byung Gyu Kim 김병규
Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals / Cosmetics
Draws on research experience at Amorepacific to turn biotechnology, cosmetic and pharmaceutical inventions into enforceable rights.
BeON — a promise that we stay reachable. When a deadline is tight or a refusal is hard to read, the partner handling your file is the one who answers. A boutique patent and law firm in Seoul, acting for foreign applicants and Korean innovators alike.
BeON was founded by two patent attorneys who decided to keep the work in their own hands. Between us we cover electrical and information engineering, AI and machine learning and semiconductors on one side, and molecular biology, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics on the other — a technical range wide enough that most matters stay in-house from the first call to registration. Nothing is passed down a chain: the attorney who takes your call drafts your specification and argues your case.
From pre-filing strategy to post-registration disputes, we handle the full lifecycle of an IP right.
We act as Korean counsel for overseas applicants and their foreign associates: Paris Convention filings, PCT national phase entry, prosecution before KIPO, and Korean trademark and design applications. One partner completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Japan and works directly from Japanese-language originals, removing a translation layer on Japan-originating matters.
Prior art searching and claim architecture come first; the specification follows. We draft for scope that survives examination, and answer office actions with substantive argument rather than reflexive narrowing.
We design PCT and direct-filing strategies, select entry jurisdictions against your commercial map, and coordinate with local counsel in the United States, Europe, Japan and China.
Protection for brand names and product appearance — clearance searching, filing, opposition and portfolio management as the business grows.
Appeals against decisions of refusal, invalidation and scope-confirmation trials, infringement warnings and responses. When a right is contested, we defend it.
Support for government-funded IP and R&D programs, patent landscape analysis, and advisory work on portfolio and technology strategy.
A founding partner makes the call at each stage, and you see where the matter stands throughout. Questions are welcome at any point.
We work out what the invention actually is, and what the business needs from it.
We assess registrability and realistic scope, then fix the strategy.
The invention becomes a specification — broad where it can be, defensible where it must be.
Korean and foreign filings, with schedules and costs managed on your behalf.
We analyse the examiner’s grounds and answer them directly through amendment and argument.
Registration is completed, and annuities and portfolio are managed from there.
Draws on research experience at Amorepacific to turn biotechnology, cosmetic and pharmaceutical inventions into enforceable rights.
Works from a background in electrical and information engineering to secure rights in artificial intelligence, machine learning and semiconductor technology.
Notes from patent practice, technology and business — written by the partners. Currently published in Korean.
Settling on a company or product name does not secure a trademark right. What to check before spending on design and marketing.
Technology you have already disclosed can still be patented — but the answer turns on when, where and how much you disclosed.
An idea is enough to begin with. Tell us what you have and we will tell you what is realistically protectable, what it is likely to cost and how long it should take. Enquiries from foreign associates are welcome.
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