Yoon picks female patent attorney to head intellectual property office

Lee In-sil, nominee for commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) / Yonhap

President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated a female patent attorney Sunday as the new head of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), which is in charge of processing patent and trade mark applications, according to the presidential office

Lee In-sil, the patent attorney who leads the Korea Women Inventors Association, was named the new commissioner of KIPO, the office said.

The office said Lee, as the nation's third female patent attorney, has worked in the field of intellectual property for more than 30 years.

Lee is the "right person to lead the Korean Intellectual Property Office and to significantly contribute to help the Republic of Korea become an intellectual property powerhouse," the office said in a statement. The Republic of Korea is South Korea's official name.

Last week, Yoon named his nominees for education and welfare ministers, picking women for both positions following criticism that his Cabinet was male-dominated. (Yonhap)

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