"They've done some famous cases," observes a peer of Kim and Cho. The firm, founded in 1954, now has roughly 50 professionals, including long-term paralegals who focus on mostly prosecution work. The outfit comprises teams specialising in designs and trade marks, and further stretches its expertise to patents in the electronics, mechanical, chemical and biological areas. Patent attorney and chemical engineer Myung Koo Kang is the leading figure at the firm.