Youngmin Lee Ph.D.
Youngmin Lee, Ph.D. is a Patent Agent who concentrates her practice on nanochemistry and renewable energy systems such as batteries and fuel cells, while her analytics experience spans across the areas of chemistry/polymer, advanced materials, chemical/mechanical engineering, biotechnology, food/beverage, telecommunications, optics, consumer goods, medical devices, electronics, loT, and artificial intelligence. She has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Brown University, and post-doctoral research experience at MIT and NIST focused on sustainable energy systems.
Beyond patent drafting and prosecution experience, Youngmin led or participated in numerous IP consulting projects including IP landscaping, portfolio development, risk analysis, technology scouting, prior art search, and due diligence as an IP analyst. She also led technology transfer (licensing agreement negotiation) and patent strategy development at a bio-startup.
IP Seminar for Korean Companies Entering the U.S.
Invited speaker, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency under the Korean Intellectual Property Office, Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2024
Ph.D. Career Beyond Academia Series
Invited alumni speaker, Brown University, Career Center, Providence, RI, May 4, 2024
Patent Agent as a Career Presentation
Invited speaker, Georgia State University Chemistry Club, Atlanta, GA, March 20, 2023
Deconvoluting the Influences of 3D Structure on the Performance of Photoelectrodes for Solar-Driven Water Splitting
co-author with D.V. Esposito, H.P. Toon, P.M. Haney, N.Y. Labrador, T. Moffat, A.A. Talin, and V.A. Szalai, Sust. Energy Fuels, 1, 154, 2017
Design Considerations for Enhancing Absorpotion in Semiconductors on Metals Through Surface Plasmon Polaritron
co-author with C.D. Bohn, A. Agrawal, C.J. Choi, M.S. Davis, P.M. Haney, H.J. Lezec and V.A. Szalai, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 6084, 2014
High-Resolution Photocurrent Microscopy Using Near-Field Cathodoluminescence of Quantum Dots
co-author with H.P. Yoon, C.D. Bohn, S.H. Ko, A.G. Gianfrancesco, J.S. Steckel, S. Coe-Sullivant, A.A. Talin, and N.B. Zhitenev, AIP Adv., 3, 062112, 2013
Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting with Plasmonic AI-based Nanostructures
Speaker, 20th Annual Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, February 27, 2013
Plasmonically Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting with AI-based Nanostructures
Speaker, 68th IUVSTA Workshop (Multifunctional Surface Engineering for Advanced Energy Applications, City University of Hong Kong, December 9-13, 2012
Synthesis and Activities of Rutile IrO2 and RuO2 Nanoparticles for Oxygen Evolution in Acid and Alkaline Solutions
co-author with J. Suntivich, K.J. May, E.E. Perry, and Y. Shao-Horn, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 399, 2012
Self-Standing Positive Electrodes of Oxidized Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Light-Weight and High-Power Lithium Batteries
co-author with S.W. Lee, B.M. Gallant, N. Yoshida, D.Y. Kim, Y. Yamada, S. Noda, A. Yamada, and Y. Shao-Horn, Energy Environ. Sci., 5, 5437, 2012
Non-Crystallographic Atomic Arrangement Driven Enhancement of the Catalytic Activity of Au Nanoparticles
co-author with V. Patkov, S. Sun, and Y. Ren, J. Phys. Chem. C., 116, 26668, 2012
Development of Composite Nanocatalysts and Their Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity
Speaker, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2010 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov.29-Dec. 3, 2010
Synthetic Tuning of the Catalytic Properties of Au-Fe304 Nanoparticles
co-author with M.A. Garcia, N.A.F. Huls, and S. Sun, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 1271, 2010
Surface- and Structure-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Au Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Co-author with A. Loew and S. Sun, Chem. Mater., 22, 755, 2010
Structurally Ordered FePt Nanoparticles and Their Enhanced Catalysis for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
co-author with J. Kim and S. Sun, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 4996
Recent Development of Active Nanoparticle Catalysts for Fuel Cell Reactions
Co-author with V. Mazumder and S. Sun, Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 1224
Synthesis of Composite Nanoparticles and their Electrocatalytic Applications
Speaker, Gordon Research Conference (Electrochemistry) 2010, Ventura, CA, January 10-15, 2010
Synthesis of Monodisperse Au, Au-Fe304 Composite Nanoparticles and their Applications
Speaker, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2009 Spring Meeting, San Fransisco, CA, April 13-17, 2009
From Core/Shell Structured FePt/Fe304/MgO to Ferromagnetic FePt Nanoparticles
co-author with J. Kim, C. Rong, J. Liu and S. Sun, Chem. Mater., 20, 7242, 2008
Synthesis of Dumbbell-like Au-Fe304 Nanoparticles and their Applications
Speaker, IEEE Magnetic Society Summer School 2008, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, August 3-9, 2008
A Facile Synthesis of Monodisperse Au Nanoparticles and Their Catalysis for CO Oxidation
co-author with S. Peng, C. Wang, H. Yin, S. Dai and S. Sun, Nano Res., 1, 229, 2008
Synthesis of Fe304-NM (NM: Au, Ag, AuAg) Dumbbell-like Nanoparticles
Speaker, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2007 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2007
Synthesis of Monocubes and Their Enhanced Catalysis for Oxygen Reduction
co-author with C. Wang, H. Dalmon, J. Kim and S. Sun, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 6974, 2007
Brown University
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Department of Energy Research Assistantship (2009-10)
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Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Needs (GAANN) Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, (2007-09)
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Teaching assistant for undergraduate level general chemistry laboratory (2006) and graduate level inorganic chemistry laboratory (2007)
Korea University
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Scholarship for Excellence in Academic Studies (2002-03)
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Scholarship for Studying Abroad as an Exchange Student (2004-05)
University of British Columbia, Canada
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Youngmin worked as a Patent Agent at a large intellectual property firm based in Hartford, CT (2022-24); Director of Strategy and Patent Technology at a bio startup focused on organ-on-a-chip manufacture and drug delivery, Atlanta, GA (2020-22); and Intellectual Property Analytics Leader at an IP consulting firm, Atlanta, GA (2014-19).
Beyond her IP practice, Youngmin has eight years of research experience including her doctoral research at Brown University centered on functional nanomaterial synthesis and applications, postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Li-ion/Li-air batteries, fuel cells, and solar-to-hydrogen water-splitting systems.
Korean
*Non-attorney
National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate Fellowship (NIST), 2011-13
Best Poster Award (2nd prize), 68th International Union of Vacuum Science Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) Workshop, 2012