Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010, became a qualified patent attorney in 2011 and got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2015. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and patent invalidation with a focus on Mechanical and Electro-mechanical devices, Automobiles, Medical devices, Paper Machinery as well as Energy & Power Engineering etc. 
 
Ms. Meng obtained a master's degree from Technical University of Munich in Germany in 2009. 

Ms. Meng participated in the patent invalidation case about “Calendaring roll for paper-making calendaring machine”. Ms. Meng and her colleague represented a german client and successfully invalidated the patent. 

Ms. Meng made a speech with the theme “Thinking about the technical problem to be solved practically” in Liu, Shen & Associates.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) 

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2014. She specializes in patent drafting and response to office action with a focus on mechanical engineering, material science, semiconductor, display devices as well as photoelectricity.

Ms. Meng got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2013.

Ms. Meng received a bachelor's degree in Material Science & Engineering from Tianjin University in 2010. 

Ms. Meng won praise from clients and was elected as “Excellent Patent Attorney” by Client BOE Co., Ltd.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

As one of the first group patent attorneys qualified inChina, Ms. Ma started her professional career with the Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT in 1983, and participated various preparation works with respect of patent agency operation inChinabefore the promulgation of the first Patent Law of China which was entered into force on April 1, 1985. Ms. Ma worked in mechanical patent division and patent administration division respectively in Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT and accumulated rich experiences in handling patent application related matters.

In 1993, Ms. Ma joined Liu, Shen & Associates and became a partner in 1995. As an attorney, Ms. Ma’s expertise and experiences are patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering and design patents, as well as providing legal opinions on patent operation related matters. Ms. Ma was invited to join the research project “Third Amendment of the Patent Law” with respect of design patent. As one of the managing partners, Ms. Ma heads the firm’s Patent Docketing Department, and is responsible for coordinating the firm’s patent operations and clients relations.

In 2011, Ms. Ma received “Asia Women in Business Law Awards” and is the only recipient of “Best in Patent and Trademark Prosecution” for her achievements in patent and trademark practice as well as her role in shaping Liu, Shen & Associates into one of theAsia’s leading IP firms.

Ms. Ma graduated from the Beijing University of Science and Technology (B.S. 1983), majoring in mechanical engineering. She received professional training at an intellectual property law firm inGermanyfrom 1986 to 1987. 

-      MIP «Coping with Article33 inProsecution»

-      Patent Attorney’s Service and Working Process, 2013 «专利代理事务及流程» - Practicing Training Tutorial Series for Patent Attorney《专利代理人执业培训系列教程》

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pourla Protectiondela Propriété Intellectuelle(AIPPI)

International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

Licensing Executives Society (LES) 

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Mou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on the field of pharmaceutical science, crop science, chemistry, material, food, cosmetics, biology and so on.

Dr. Mou is qualified as a patent attorney in 2012, and qualified as an attorney at law in 2015. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. He has also participated in patent counseling, patent searching and infringement analysis in the firm.

Dr. Mou received his bachelor’s degree and doctorial degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Peking University in 2004 and 2010 respectively. Before joining this firm, Dr. Mou has completed a whole year internship at the HIV department of GSK in NC, USA. He also had a four months’ secondment at Bayer China Limited in 2015, to assist the IPR department with the IP affairs.

Dr. Mou is now taking a course at China University of Political science and Law for master’s degree in civil and commercial law and intellectual property law.

Dr. Mou has a good scientific background in the pharmaceutical industry, and has a good understanding of the Patent Portfolio of the pharmaceutical companies including R&D, patent application and patent enforcement.

Presentations given by Dr. Mou include:
- Updates in amendments in claims
- Juridical practice in trade secret

Paper published by Dr. Mou on the website of Liu & Shen includes: 
- Overview of trade secret

Representative scientific papers that Dr. Mou has published include
- Velthuisen EJ, Johns BA, Gerondelis P, Chen Y, Li M, Mou K, Zhang W, Seal JW, Hightower KE, Miranda SR, Brown K, Leesnitzer L. Pyridopyrimidinone inhibitors of HIV-1 RNase H. Eur J Med Chem. 2014, 83:609-16；
- Wenjing Chen, Ke Mou, Bo Xu, Xiaomei Ling*, Jingrong Cui, Ping Xu*. Capillary electrophoresis for screening of 20S proteasome inhibitors. Analytical Biochemistry. 2009, 394(1), 62–67；
- Ke Mou, Bo Xu, Chao Ma, Xiaoming Yang, Xiaomin Zou, Yang Lü and Ping Xu*. Novel CADD-based peptidyl vinyl ester derivatives as potential proteasome inhibitors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008, 18(6), 2198-2202；
- Yiqiu Fu, Bo Xu, Xiaomin Zou, Chao Ma, Xiaoming Yang, Ke Mou, Gang Fu, Yang Lü, Ping Xu, Design and Synthesis of A Novel Class of Furan-based Molecules as Potential 20S Proteasome Inhibitors, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2007, 17(4), 1102-1106.

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Organic Chemistry,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Nie graduated from Chemistry Department of Peking University. He Studied electroluminescence and photoluminescence of rare earth complexes; published 11 papers in several widely renowned journals, signatured first author in 3 of them.

Dr. Nie is employed as a patent examiner by Coordination Center for Patent Examination(CCPE) of SIPO from 2008 to 2014. His examination territory is inorganic chemistry, including IPC C01B/C/F/G/D, C04B, C08L and C09D. His extended examination territory includes B01J, C10B/J/L, A61L and B29C. He Completed tasks one month in advance from 2009 to 2012. He accomplished more than 700 substantial examinations, 60 PCT/GCC search reports, 20 reexaminations. No serious quality problems have been found.

Dr. Nie joined Liu-Shen Associates in 2014.He has accomplished composing 30 Chinese patent applications, responding 50 office actions of applications entering China, responding 150 office actions of PCT applications entering foreign countries, English-Chinese translation 50k, and Chinese-English 150k. 

Representative cases that Dr. Nie has led or participated include

-     Experienced in patent search;

-     Experienced in patent application, including patent practice of SIPO, USPTO, EPO, JPO and KIPO;

-     Experienced in patent warning.

Publications that Dr. Nie has authored include

-     “The application and operation of Article No. 5 of the patent law”, “Intellectual Property”, issue 3, 2013.

Shanghai

Patent

Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Ms. PENG joined Liu, Shen& Associates in February 2009. Ms. PENG is qualified as a patent attorney in 2011. Ms. Peng’s practice includes patent prosecution and counseling. Ms. PENG specialized in Automobiles (especially driving, airbags, bearing means, transmission, display and control systems), medical equipments (in particular MRI equipments, ultrasonic inspection method, X-ray tube), paper machine and papermaking method (especially drying cylinders, filters, the method of preparation and handling of the suspension), electrical equipment (especially electromagnetic actuator devices, switching devices, adapters), wind power generation equipment, construction machinery (especially tamping equipment). 

Ms. PENG was graduated from Tong Ji University with a master degree of mechanical engineering and graduated from Chang an University with a bachelor degree of mechanical engineering in a major of construction machinery. 

-      Representative cases that Ms.Peng has led or participated include

-      Applied and Got Patents for Siemens AG, Adam Opel AG, Voith GmbH 

-      Requested Reexaminations for SKF GmbH and Siemens AG

-      Participated in invalidation case of Voith Paper v. Andritz Paper, all patents held invalid 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Mr. Peng began his legal career in patent laws in July, 2002 and joined Liu, Shen & Associates in April, 2005.

Mr. Peng obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2003 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2004. Mr. Peng’s current practice mainly focuses on patent enforcement including patent litigation and administration proceedings, patent prosecution and invalidation in the technical fields of mechanical engineering, material science, semiconductor device and process, display device, and so on. Mr. Peng’s services also include providing clearance opinions and patent strategy consultations for corporations, providing legal advice, and giving training on patent laws and related issues. Also, Mr. Peng has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, etc.

Mr. Peng obtained a bachelor degree and a master degree for material science and engineering from Tsinghua University in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Mr. Peng further obtained a master of law degree (LLM) from The John Marshall Law School in the United States of America in 2009.

Civil Litigation

-      Siemens v Beijing Lida Huaxin (2008), patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant paid damages of RMB 4 Million to the patentee; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Nibo Xiaohui (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Ningbo Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant paid damages of RMB 100,000 to the patentee; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Shanghai Chaocheng (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Shanghai First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Shanghai High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The Court decided in favor of the patentee in the patent infringement proceedings, and the defendant was ordered for permanent injunction and damages of RMB 150, 000; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Changshu Textile (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Suzhou Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Jiangsu High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The Court decided in favor of the patentee in patent infringement proceedings and the defendant was ordered for injunction and damages of RMB 250,000; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings. This case was designated as the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in Jiangsu Province in 2013.

-      IEE v. Golden Times (2013), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Beijing Second Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant agrees to stop the infringing activities.

-      Wang He v. IEE (2014), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Shenyang Intermediate Court, representing the defendant.

       The patent at issue was invalidated in the patent invalidation proceedings, and the plaintiff withdrawn the infringement case.

Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation

-      Kubota v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2010), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance), Beijing High Court (Second Instance), and Supreme Court (Certiorari), representing the plaintiff (applicant). The High Court reversed the re-examination decision unfavorable to the applicant and remanded it to the SIPO for further examination.

-      Kaneka v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2013), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee). The Intermediate Court reversed the invalidation decision unfavorable to the patentee and patent was held valid.

-      BOE v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2014), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (applicant). The High Court reversed the re-examination decision unfavorable to the applicant and remanded it to the SIPO for further examination.

-      Panasonic v. Yinzhou Jingneng (2011), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent invalid because the patent was in conflict with the previous trademark right of the petitioner.

-      Bayer A/G v. Novo Nordisk A/S (2011), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent partially invalid.

-      P&G v. Ruan Shixing (2012), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent partially invalid.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English,Japanese,Korean

Mr. Piao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013. He specializes in drafting patent application, patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, FTO analysis and patent validity analysis with a focus on mechanical engineering, display device, image forming apparatus and automobile.

Mr. Piao qualified as a Patent attorney in 2014, and has been registered as an attorney in Liu, Shen & Associates from 2015.

Mr. Piao acquired his master's degree from department of Physics of Beijing Normal University in 2010, majoring in condensed matter of physics.

Sunstar v. Suzhou Bafang, patent Invalidation, representing the patentee, the board held all claims of the patent valid.

“The effect of technical problem in evaluating non-obviousness in China and Japan”, presentation in 2017 AIPPI China Youth IP Seminar

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing

Chinese,English

Mr. Qi joined Liu, Shen & Associates in June 2016. Mr. Qi specializes in patent drafting, patent prosecution and re-examination, focusing on Telecommunication, Computer Science, Internet Technology, E-commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Processing, Electronics Engineering, Image Processing.

Mr. Qi got his qualification as an attorney at law in December 2016.

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. QIAN joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2001 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2002. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on Automatic control; Telecommunication; Electrical & Electronics; Semiconductor; Computer Science; Internet.

Ms. QIAN had a master's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1994. Before joining this firm, Ms. QIAN worked as an electronic product developer for six years. She received training in France in 2009. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. Jian Qin is a patent attorney in China. He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2008. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and client counseling with a focus on pharmaceutical and material science etc. He has also provided services of patent retrieval and infringement analysis. Meanwhile, he has filed some patent applications in countries outside of China, such as USA.

Mr. Qin received a Master degree of Applied Chemistry from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2006. He also studied European intellectual property law in the Summer School on IP in Europe in the University of Strasbourg in 2014. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Mr. QIU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in February 2005.  Mr. QIU is qualified as a patent attorney in 2008 and qualified as an attorney at law in 2012.  Mr. Qiu’s practice includes IP litigation, patent prosecution, invalidation and dispute resolutions before SIPO and the courts, and counseling on IP strategies, patent licensing, IP related contracts and patent due diligence works.  Mr. QIU specialized in semiconductor processing and device including memory technology, optical engineering including microlithography, virtual reality technology and display technology, materials engineering and mechanical engineering. 

Mr. QIU also provided patent training and patent mining for R&D personnel of clients, and presented various topics on patent prosecution and litigation in domestic and international conferences. 

Mr. QIU was graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor and master degree of engineer in a major of Materials Since and Engineering.  Mr. QIU also studied and worked at University of Michigan and was graduated from John Marshall Law School with a master of Law degree. 

Mr. Qiu has led or participated patent litigations including

Goertek vs. Knowles, representing Goertek as patentee in 5 patent infringement cases; winning 2 cases with damage awards over RMB 70 million in 1st instance；

Staubli vs. Ningbo Hanghai, representing Staubli as patentee, winning at 1st instance; and

Carl Zeiss SMT vs. Nikon, representing Carl Zeiss SMT as petitioner in multiple patent invalidation cases, all patents held invalid or partially invalid; and

HRID vs. INETE, representing HIRD as petitioner, the patent held invalid.

Mr. Qiu has authored professional articles including:

-     “Technical inspiration in determining inventive step of a patent” Examination Work Reports, 2011

-     “Functional Feature in Chinese Patent Infringement Litigation” Managing IP, 2015

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)