Seung Yup Lee, Ph.D.

Dr. Seung Yup Lee is a patent agent in the firm’s Chemical Patent Prosecution group, focusing on preparing and prosecuting patent applications for domestic and international clients. Dr. Lee’s prosecution experience and technical background specialize in materials science and chemical engineering, which include metallic or ceramic thin film devices, nanoparticle synthesis, lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic devices, semiconductors manufacturing, and display technologies.

Before entering the field of intellectual property, Dr. Lee worked as a researcher and engineer at a government-funded research institute and large corporations in the electronic components industry in Korea. He synthesized and conducted detailed analyses of the photovoltaic effect and optical and electrical properties of dye-adsorbed TiO2 nanoparticles. He also played a key role in establishing and optimizing mass-production lines for compound thin film solar modules. Dr. Lee also participated in reverse-engineering of competitors’ products and designed thin film solar devices and module architecture.

Dr. Lee has been named as an inventor on 26 registered patents and has authored 13 peer-reviewed journal articles. He also served as an adjunct professor at Kyungpook National University, contributing to the advancement of materials science.

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Education

• University of Minnesota Law School (LL.M.)
• Korea National Open University (LL.B.)
• Kyungpook National University (Ph.D., M.S., B.S.)
  • Materials Science

Admissions

• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Technical Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles as an author:

Sang-Hyun Lee, Seung-Yup Lee and Byung-Ok Park, “Effect of annealing temperature on amorphous indium zinc oxide thin films prepared by a sol-gel spin-coating method” Journal of Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology Vol. 22, No. 1 (2012) 15.

Sang-Hyun Lee, Seung-Yup Lee and Byung-Ok Park, “Characteristics and Deposition of CuInS2 film for thin solar cells via sol-gel method” Journal of Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology Vol. 21, No. 4 (2011) 158

Seung-Yup Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Byung-Ok Park, “Oxidation effect on densification of CuInS2 absorber layer by paste coating,” Thin Solid Films Vol. 516 (2008) 4709.

Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “CuInS2 thin films deposited by sol-gel spin-coating method,” Thin Solid Films Vol. 516 (2008) 3862.

JongHyeok Park, Yongseok Jun, Ho-Gyeong Yun, Seung-Yup Lee, Man Gu Kang, “Fabrication of an efficient dye-sensitized solar cell with stainless steel substrate” Journal of the Electrochemical Society Vol. 155, Issue 7, (2008) F145.

Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Effect of heat-treatment on the structural and electrical properties of ZnO thin films by the sol-gel method” Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology Vol. 18, No. 2 (2008) 72.

Seung-Yup Lee, Min-Jae Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Electrical and optical properties of Al and F doped ZnO transparent conducting film by sol-gel method,” Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2006) 59.

Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Structural, electrical and optical characteristics of SnO2:Sb thin films by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis,” Thin Solid Films Vol. 510 (2006) 154.

Jin-Hong Lee, Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Fabrication and characteristics of transparent conducting In2O3-ZnO thin films by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis,” Materials Science and Engineering B Vol. 127 (2006) 267.

Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Electrical and optical properties of In2O3-ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel method,” Thin Solid Films Vol. 484 (2005) 184.

Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Microstructure and ferroelectric properties of Nb-doped Bi4Ti3O12 thin films prepared by sol-gel method,” Journal of Crystal Growth Vol. 283 (2005) 81.

Ki-Hyun Kim, Byung-O Kwak, Seung-Yup Lee, Jin-Hong Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Effects of substitution with La and V in Bi4Ti3O12 thin film by MOCVD using ultrasonic spraying,” Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Vol. 13, No. 6 (2003) 272.

Jin-Hong Lee, Seung-Yup Lee, Byung-Ok Park, “Fabrication and properties of ferroelectric BST thin films prepared by sol-gel method (II) - effect of ultrasound on properties of thin film,” Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Vol. 11, No. 6 (2001) 252.

Registered Patents as a named inventor:

Dye-sensitized solar cell and method of fabricating the same, US 8,809,104

Dye-sensitized solar cell and using conductive fiber electrode, US 8,299,352

System for cleaning surface of solar cell panel, US 8,474,084

Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method thereof, EU 2,432,028

Conducting substrate structure with controlled nano-rod density and method of fabricating the same conducting substrate structure, KR 10-0932903

CulnS2 absorber layer of thin film solar cell and manufacture method thereof, KR 10-0894216

Dye sensitized solar cell and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-0927660

Dye sensitized solar cell including anode using porous conductive layer, KR 10-0943173

Dye-sensitized solar cell and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-0921754

Dye-sensitized solar cell having improved energy conversion efficiency and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-0929812

Dye-sensitized solar cells and method for manufacturing the same, KR 10-0932901

Dye-sensitized solar cells and method of manufacturing the same, KR 10-0964182

Dye-sensitized solar cells having electron recombination protection layer and method for manufacturing the same, KR 10-0908243

Fabrication method of nanocomposite and method of dye-sensitized solar cell using the same, KR 10-1097219

Manufacture method for absorber layer of thin film solar cell, KR 10-0854247

Method of forming porous layer, dye-sensitized solar cell using the same and method of fabricating the dye-sensitized solar cell, KR 10-0911381

Solar cell and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1054959

Solar cell and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1054988

Solar cell and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1103894

Solar cell apparatus, KR 10-1114169

Solar cell apparatus and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1220060

Solar cell apparatus and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1154696

Solar cell apparatus and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1283174

Solar cell apparatus and method of fabricating the same, KR 10-1125341

Solar cell module, KR 10-1306411

System for cleaning surface of solar cell panel, KR 10-0888395

Languages

• Korean