Ms. Mao is a Patent Attorney with Liu, Shen & Associates. She qualified as a patent attorney in 2017. Ms. Mao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in early 2017, before which she was working in SHUSAKU YAMAMOTO in Osaka as patent analyst with JPO practice. She particularly specializes in patent prosecution with SIPO in the fields of computer programming algorithms, machine learning, big data, telecommunication, analog circuits and semiconductor technology among others.

Ms. Mao achieved her bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Iowa State University in 2012;

Ms. Mao achieved her master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014.

Law related work participated including:

1. Samsung v. Huawei serial infringement case in China, participating analysis of validity and relevance.

2. Pre-litigation/licensing SEP analysis, including reviewing claims charts of U.S. family patents, drafting claim charts of CN patents, 3GPP standard search and claim construction.

3. Smart home patent portfolio analysis, including developing patent/application search strategy, technology labeling, market analysis and core patents analysis of major player.

4. GPNE v. Apple serial infringement cases in Japan, representing GPNE, including SEP claim chart drafting and reviewing.

5. SEP analysis and technical negotiation with Ericsson representing LeEco for patent licensing and transaction; intellectual property assets evaluation for merger and acquisition; patent infringement search, FTO due diligence prior to entering the U.S. market.

6. Drafted Google Project Ara and other Modular Phone Analysis, Avoiding Willful infringement in US, and Design patent infringement in China and US.