Mr. HU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013 and got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2011. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on material science, applied chemistry, metal material, polymer chemistry, as well as chemical engineering.

Mr. HU got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2010. She has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation.

Mr. HU had a master's degree from Beihang University in 2008.

Before joining this firm, Mr. HU worked as a patent examiner of SIPO from 2008 to 2013. He examined nearly 500 patent applications, and finished more than 10 search reports of PCT applications and utility models. He was elected as a supervisor of new patent examiners in 2011. He involved in patent reexamination, quality control and research, and he was in charge of a research task of patent analysis of piezoelectric ceramics. 

Typical Cases:

1．Acting for a Patent administrative litigation appeal of a well-known US company in Chemical Field

2．Responsible for a Patent invalidation of core patents of a well-known domestic company in Chemical Field

3．Drafting a patent portfolio of a well-known domestic company and handling its global patent strategies

4．Conducting a due diligence for a well-known European pharmaceutical company

5．Advising a well-known university in Hong Kong in Patent litigation

6．Advising several well-known domestic R&D companies in Patent litigation (including patent validity analysis and freedom-to-operate analysis in Mechanical Field, Material Field and Chemical Field)

7．Responsible for patent validity analysis in the Chemical field of a well-known US company

8．Advising a well-known JP company in Patent litigation

9．Responsible for patent infringement analysis in the field of Medical Devices of a well-known US company

10．Responsible for a Patent Search in Material Science Field for a well-known European company

Articles/Speeches:

1. Thoughts on the evaluating method of the Inventiveness Issue《Papers of the Patent examination and Patent agency high-end academic seminar in 2011》
2. Comments on the judging criteria and evaluating method of the Support Issue  《Papers of China National Patent Agents Association Annual Conference and the Fourth Intellectual Property Forum in 2013》
3. International report - New era for new matter?       IAM Weekly, 2018, the first edition

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)