Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Material Science,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Liu is a senior patent attorney in the Chemical Department of Liu Shen & Associates. He specializes in patent prosecution, patent re-examination, patent invalidation, patent-related administrative litigation and infringement lawsuits, especially in the field of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Pesticide, Cosmetic, Food, Material Science, Chemical engineering and Medical device.

Dr. Liu started his IP career with Liu Shen & Associates in 2007 and qualified as a patent attorney in 2009. He has participated in several big international companies in renowned invalidation cases and lawsuits. He also does significant work in preparation of patent infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions.

Dr. Liu holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, both from Fudan University (China). Moreover, he obtained his Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law from John Marshall Law School (the U.S., 2016).

Representative cases that Dr. Liu has participated include

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. XIANG Shuang (China), part of patent right is upheld, representing BI

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. Jiangsu Chia-tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (China), part of patent right is upheld, representing BI

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. PRB (China), representing BI in the Beijing Intermediate court and higher court

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. PRB (China), Third Party: ZHANG Ying, representing BI at the stage of invalidation and court (the Beijing Intermediate court and higher court) procedures

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. PRB (China), Third Party: Jiangsu Chia-tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (China), representing BI at the stage of invalidation and court (the Beijing Intermediate court and higher court as well as the Supreme Court) procedures

Publications that Dr. LIU has authored include

-     “Disclosure Requirements Undergoing Change,” IAM Life Sciences 2015: Key issues for senior life sciences executives, 30-35, Guojun Liu, Zongliang (Stephen) Zou

-     “China’s evolving patent system,” AIPLA Daily Report, October 23, 2015, Xiaoning Yu, Xiang Zhang and Guojun Liu

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Organic Chemistry,Chemical Engineering,Inorganic Material

Chinese,English

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2006. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and patent invalidation with a focus on chemical engineering, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, as well as materials.

Ms. Liu had a master's degree from Tsinghua University in 2003. Before joining this firm, Ms. Liu worked as a R&D at Beijing Cenway Technology, Ltd., and as a patent engineer or patent attorney at Jeekai & Partners. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

EDUCATION:

Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Master Degree

Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Tsinghua University     

Bachelor Degree

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on mechatronic engineering, medical equipment, automotive engineering, and MEMS, etc.

Ms. Liu became a qualified patent attorney in 2016 and obtained her lawyer's qualification certificate in 2018.

Ms. Liu has participated in many cases about patent analysis, patent invalidation or patent infringement litigation including:

- Patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, a well-known household appliance company;

- Patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, a well-known electric company;

- Patent Invalidation, a well-known medical instrument company (patent owner);

- FTO analysis, a US medical device startup company;

- Patent invalidation analysis, Dyson 

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2016. She specializes in patent prosecution,and re-examination with a focus on pharmaceutical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, immunology, gene engineering etc as well as Biochemistry.

Ms. Liu obtained the Bachelor's Degree from Peking University, and pursued the Master’s degree from Peking University in 2013. Her study mainly focuses on the biochemistry area, designing and synthesizing compounds with anti-HIV activity. 《novel pyridinone derivatives as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors with high potency against NNRTI-resistant HIV-1 strains》J. Med. Chem.

After graduation, Ms. Liu worked as a patent agent in Liu, Shen & Associates, with rich experience in drafting patents for invention and utility model, handling PCT applications entering national phase, as well as OA response and reexamination issues after filing the application.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English

Xiaobing Liu, a patent attorney of Liu, Shen & Associates, joined our firm in March 2017, became a qualified patent attorney in 2015 and obtain a patent attorney’s license in 2018. She specializes in patent prosecution, examination and re-examination on semiconductor, material science and mechanical engineering for patent applications in CN, US, EU and KR.

Xiaobing Liu obtained a Master degree in Material Science from University of Science and Technology of Beijing in January 2017; and she obtained a Bachelor degree in Material Science and Engineering from University of Science and Technology of Beijing in June 2014.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2000 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2004. She specializes in patent administration. 

Ms. Liu had an Engineering Bachelor's degree from Beijing United University Textile Engineering College in 1992. Before joining this firm, Ms. Liu worked as an engineer of technology and processing design of f Woolen Spinning and Weaving. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Electronics Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Yaxiu LIU, a senior patent attorney of Liu, Shen & Associates, joined our firm in July 2013. As a senior patent attorney, she specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, invalidation and client counseling on semiconductor, material science & engineering, and mechanical engineering for US, EU, JP, KR, and Chinese patent/patent applications.

Awards
2015 Patent Attorney of the Year Award, BOE

2016 Patent Attorney of the Year Award, BOE

Published Paper
Discussion on the Applicable Boundaries of Article 26 (4) of Patent Law and Rule 20(2) of Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law, «Selected Papers of High Symposium on Patent Examination and Patent Agency», IPPH, (2012), Vol. 1, pp. 256-260.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1999. She focuses on patent agency including patent prosecution, re-examination. She has participated in patent lawsuit including patent invalidation.

Ms. Liu got her qualification as an engineer in 1992. After joining Liu, Shen & Associates, she has been handling foreign filing and PCT filing.

Ms. Liu had gotten a Bachelor of Law by part time study in China University of Political Science and LAW in 2001. Ms. Liu also studied in Beijing Broadcast and Television University in majors of Machinery and Finance.

Ms. Liu has participated in:

The patent invalidation case to ZL 03228368.7, and the patent lawsuit in connection with this case in Beijing No.1 intermediate peoples court. The client she represented won the case.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English

Ms. LU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2006, and now has more than ten years’ experience in the practice of IP law in China.

Ms. LU specializes in patent drafting, patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on mechanical engineering, electromechanical engineering, material processing engineering, welding apparatus, and metallurgy.

Ms. LU had a master's degree from Tianjin University in 2005. She received training on U.S. Patent Law and Practice at John Marshall Law School in 2010. 

Representative cases that Ms. LU has led or participated recently include

1.   Leili Motor v. Idear Hanyu, in the patent invalidation case of Leili Motor v. Idear Hanyu, Ms. LU represented Leili Motor and successfully maintained the patent effective.

2.   National Nail, Corp. v. Taiwan Shan Yin, in the patent invalidation case of National Nail, Corp. v. Taiwan Shan Yin, Ms. LU represented National Nail, Corp. and successfully invalidated the patent;

3.   Danieli v. Siemens, in the patent invalidation case of Danieli v. Siemens, Ms. LU represented Siemens and successfully maintained the patent effective.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,Japanese,German

Mr. Lu got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2013 and joined LIU, SHEN in 2016. He is active in patent filing, patent prosecution, etc. while having experience in a variety of industries, including, but not limited to: automobile, machinery, medical appliances, etc.

Prior to joining LIU, SHEN, Mr. Lu was a patent engineer/ patent supervisor at multinational companies, where got tremendous experience in various aspects of the patent practice, including evaluating invention disclosures, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, patent research like invalidation analysis, FTO study, etc. He also worked at an international KPO consulting company as a patent analyst where counseled major companies or law firms on a variety of patentability/ invalidation/ FTO issues.

Mr. Lu obtained his bachelor degree in Automobile Engineering from School of Automotive Studies of TongJi University, with one-year exchange student courses in Gifu University in Japan.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

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

Chinese,English

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.