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KAIPO | Annual Picnic Recap

Post author By KAIPOOfficer
Post date November 21, 2022
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Dear members and friends of KAIPO,

KAIPO hosted its Annual Fall Picnic on November 5^th this year at Burke Lake Park. The weather was unusually cooperative for being so late in the Fall, as the highs of the day hit 78 degrees. More than 50 attendees graciously RSVP’ed prior to the event and attended on the day of the picnic with most arriving around 12PM, where much joy and laughter were shared. Luncheon consisted of grilled bacon, short ribs, vegetables, dumplings, as well as rice and other assortment of menus, including kid friendly drinks.

At around 1PM, KAIPO president James Lee thanked the KAIPO members and guests for attending the picnic. In particular, IP Attaché from the Korean embassy and the president of PCT Korea were in attendance, whom president Lee appreciated.

Afterwards, a group picture was taken for all the attendees of the Annual Fall Picnic. It was an arduous process to gather all the kids to pose for the picture, but the kids, knowing that there would be more delicious food afterwards, relented reluctantly.

The kids also had fun! Many children won prizes by playing games. One such game was a bowling game where knocking down all of the stacked paper rolls would result in a plushie prize.

KAIPO sincerely thanks Paris Baguette of Centreville, Virginia for the generous sponsorship of prizes for raffle ticket drawings.

Special thanks to Chairperson Sisley Kim for her generous and meticulous preparation/execution of the successful Annual Fall Picnic this year. Additional thanks to the picnic prep team, with Justin Lee and Sang K. Kim for lending their expertise in grilling recipes/prep/techniques, Jae Y. Lee, Jonathan Lee, and Dae Kim for general logistics support, and KAIPO secretary Chanel Jhin for her preparations for the children’s games and prizes. And lastly, much appreciation and thanks to Mr. Daeho Song for the amazing photography of the event.

Photos can be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/58415440@N05/sets/72177720303565033/

Best regards,

Dae Kim

Outdoor Event Committee Chair

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Activities Outreach and Visitors

Korea-US IP Forum & PCT Round Table Recap

Post author By KAIPOOfficer
Post date November 8, 2022
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Hello members and friends of KAIPO,

2022 Korea-US Intellectual Property Forum and PCT Roundtable was held on October 28^th at National Harbor during the AIPLA conference week. The event kicked off with welcoming remarks from Young-Jae Kim, Minister of Economic Affairs, and Chung K. Pak, Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings. Various Korean IP organizations across U.S. gathered at the forum and shared their knowledge and initiatives in their respective IP space. Participants included leaders and representatives from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Korea Patent Attorneys Association (KPAA), Korea-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), Korean-American Intellectual Property Organization (KAIPO) at the USPTO, KOTRA IP-Desk (New York and Los Angeles), PCT Korea Center, Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), GI Research, and Korea Institute of Intellectual Property Promotion (KIPRO). Sixteen of our KAIPO members, officers, and guests joined the forum and got together for a social event afterwards. We would like to express our gratitude to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and PCT Korea Center for creating a forum for these organizations and promoting cooperation.

_{Speakers on front row:}

_{Alex Paek (GI Research), James Lee (KAIPO), Wanho Jang (KIPRO), Yeong-Jin Heo (KPAA), Chung Pak (Maryland Office), Hyun-suk Lim (Embassy of Republic of Korea ), Taewook Park (KIPO), Yun J Kim/Dami Park (KOTRA IP-DESK), Sujin Park (KAIPBA)}

_{KAIPO members, officers, guest on back row:}

_{Charles Kim, Tawri Matsushige, Taelor Kim, Eliza Yang, Sunki Yoo, Andrew Kim, Dae Kim, Harry Kim, Vikie Kim, Matt Kim, Chanel Jhin, Stephanie Ham, Seong Ah Shin, Thomas Hong}

_{James Lee introducing KAIPO at the forum and sharing plans for cooperation with external stakeholders}

Short articles published on Korea Times about this IP forum: http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1438896, http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1438425

Please support KAIPO by becoming a member today. If are interested in serving as an officer please reach out to james.lee1@uspto.gov or join us in our next board meeting (announced in KAIPO Teams Channel).

Regards,

James Lee

President of KAIPO

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Activities

2022 Summer Happy Hour

Our dear members and friends of KAIPO gathered at High Point Pub in Tysons and shared our stories over great food and drinks. This was our first Happy Hour event since the pandemic and we were much delighted for the opportunity to catch up with our colleagues. We also welcomed special guests from Korea Embassy and PCT Korea Center.

From left to right: Daeho Song, Thomas Hong (International Coordination & Outreach Committee Chair, KAIPO), Hyun Suk Lim (IP Attache at Korea Embassy), James Choi (Technology Officer, KAIPO), Yeonbum Sung (President of PCT Korea Center), Moo Ryong Jeong, Sunki Yoo, Kyung Hye Shin, Yong Jin Choe, James Lee (President of KAIPO)

Not pictured: Sung Sik Ahn, Bong Sook Baek, Jonathan Lee (Outdoor Event Officer, KAIPO), Sung Jong Kim

Our members and friends enjoying the company of each other.

Our Technology Officer, James Choi, and Outdoor Event Officer, Jonathan Lee, networking with our special guests Hyun Suk Lim and Yeonbum Sung. Thank you for joining us!

Kudos to our Outdoor Event Officer Jonathan Lee and Patrick Kim for organizing this event. If you have any suggestions for future events or wish to plan a regional gathering outside of the DC/Maryland/Virginia area please reach out to us at kaipo@uspto.gov.

Activities

2021-11-10 KAIPO First Year Examiners Discussion

Post author By KAIPOOfficer
Post date November 10, 2021
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KAIPO hosted the first meeting for first year Examiners on November 10, 2021. This is a kickoff meeting for a series of discussions for first year Examiners. The goal of the discussions is to promote engagement between new Examiners and to help them complete the first year successfully. The KAIPO First Year Discussions are also aimed at helping to build community among the Examiners and to break down some of the isolation caused by the pandemic.

During the first discussion in the series, there was a brief presentation that shares general tips and lessons from recently retained Examiners regarding successfully getting through the first year, followed by a Q&A session. Examiners showed interests in discussing various future topics such as a fly-on-the-wall session (i.e., watching an experienced Examiner start work on a new case), obviousness, prior art searches, responding to Applicant arguments, interviews, etc. There will be additional, biweekly small group discussions, which will cover topics of interest to the participants. All discussions will be in a virtual setting using Microsoft Teams.

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