Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering,Precision Instruments
Chinese,English
Mr. Hou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016, and now is an experienced patent and attorney at Law.
Mr. Hou mainly specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on wireless communication, computer science, internet technology, artificial intelligence, big data, electronic engineering, and image processing, etc.
Mr. Hou received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2012 from Beijing Jiaotong University and his Master of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2014 from University of Sheffield.
Mr. Hou got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2017, and got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2019.
Mr. Hou handles a number of cases relating to patent examination, reexamination, invalidation, infringement lawsuit and other IP related matters, including participating in matters including all kinds of analysis including pre-litigation analysis and pre-invalidation analysis; patent invalidation, patent infringement litigation relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and commercial patents. Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Hou Zhiyu worked for a well-known foreign company as an electrical engineer for years.
Representative cases:
- SEP infringement analysis of standard essential patents for foreign companies such as Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics
- Patent infringement risk analysis for Lenovo
- Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for Samsung Electronics V. Huawei in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in China, 2016-2017
- Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for Qualcomm V. Apple in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in China, 2018-2019
- Representing a Taiwanese Touch IC company in a patent invalidation case in China, maintaining target claims valid, 2020
- Invalidation case between Samsung Electronics V. Ericsson in the patent invalidation case in China , global settled, 2021
- Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for a well-known Chinese network communication equipment in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in United States, 2021-2022
All China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)
All China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Medical Devices,Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English,French
Dr. HUA joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. Her practice includes patent drafting, patent prosecution and re-examination, infringement analysis, patent stability analysis, FTO (Freedom-To-Operate) opinions, patent mining and portfolio planning, due diligence assistance and patent contract consultation, etc.
Before joining Liu Shen, Dr. HUA worked as a Research Engineer at Brouard Consulting (France); in 2013, she obtained a Doctorate in Chemistry from the University Paris Sud (France); in 2010, she obtained a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris (France); in 2006-2008, she studied French language and culture in Alliance Francaise in Shanghai and the University of Tours (France); and, in 2006, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Petroleum, China.
Dr. HUA is a qualified Patent Attorney and Attorney at Law in China. She has a technical background in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Biology. Her working languages are English, French, and Chinese.
Dr. HUA focuses on Patent Law, and has accumulated experiences in all aspects of patent related matters:
- She has been in charge of hundreds of applications for patent drafting, prosecution, and re-examination, before the Chinese Patent Office, as well as foreign Patent Offices, like EP, US, JP, KR, etc.
- She has accumulated experience in patent stability analysis, infringement analysis, and FTO (Freedom-To-Operate) opinions. For example, she has provided legal services to a Chinese petroleum company (Fortune 500) on its multiple projects.
- She has engaged in long term collaboration with a global coating company (Fortune 500) in all aspects of patent related matters, and provides assistance in patent management.
Registered Patent Attorney in China.
Registered Attorney at Law in China.
Beijing
Trademark
Chinese,English
Ms. Huang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2009; she specializes in filing design application inChina. Ms. Huang got her qualification as patent attorney in 2015。
Ms. Huang had a bachelor degree from Beijing Instituted of Technology in 2009 。
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Huang began working on intellectual property affairs in 2015 and joined in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Huang provides intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, litigation, patent analysis, patent mining, patent invalidation and litigation analysis, PCT writing and rewriting, responding to the office action, Patent Reexamination and so on for several clients, and gets widely praised by clients. Ms. Huang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, communication, algorithms, big data analysis, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Video and Image Processing, etc.
Ms. Huang was admitted as a patent attorney in 2017.
Ms. Huang graduated from the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering at the University of Electronic Science and Technology in 2013 with a master's degree.
Legal Matters that Ms. Huang participated include:
- Participating the analysis on validity and relevance of patents in a series of patent infringement lawsuits and related invalidation lawsuits between a famous domestic company and a famous foreign company
Published Articles include:
- "Optimization of Scheduling Algorithms for Living Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Networking Coding", 2012, IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Control Engineering, first author.
Issued Patents include:
- "A video segment scheduling and transmission method for P2P 3D streaming media system", Patent No.: ZL201310149934.7, inventor.
Patents pending include:
- "A text feature extraction method based on the degree of distinction between classes and high degree of representation within the class", application number: CN201410795989.X, first inventor.
- "An Improved Method for Selecting Text Classification Features", Application number CN201410795989.X, inventor.
- "A method for real-time identification of network protocols", application number: CN201510970577.X, inventor.
- "A Method for Remote 3D Desktop Image Transmission Based on KVM Platform", Application number: CN201510945106.3, inventor.
- "A method and an apparatus for assisting in determining the secret," Application number: CN201510613516.8, inventor.
Awards that Ms. Huang has been honored with include:
- Graduate with provincial outstanding graduate in 2010.
- A candidate for the company's innovation award, awarded by a technology company which is a company that she worked for from 2013 to 2015, in 2014.
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. JIA started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen & Associates since 2018. He specializes in intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent search, invalidation, litigation, and client counseling with a focus on Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication, Signal and Information Processing, Semi-Conductor, Automatic Control, Computer Science, Neural Network and so on.
Mr. JIA was admitted as a patent attorney in 2021, and currently serves as a senior patent attorney in the firm.
Mr. JIA was a recommended graduated student and received his Master's degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in June, 2015. His major is Electronic and Communication Engineering, and working on analysis & processing of communication signals and detecting & estimating of Radar targets. Before joining this firm, Mr. JIA worked as a microwave communication software testing engineer in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. for three years.
Representative cases:
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, in a series of SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations, between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a Chinese mobile device manufacturer, 2018-2019.
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, for an Asia electrical appliance manufacturer, 2018.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a European mobile device manufacturer, 2020-2021.
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, for a multinational mobile device manufacturer, 2022.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a European mobile device manufacturer, 2022.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a Chinese communication technical company, 2023.
Awards that Mr. JIA has been honored with:
- “A1” class Patent Attorney Awards, awarded by a multinational communication company.
Representative Publications:
- “A preliminary study on calculation methods of global license fee for SEP patents,” first author, IPLEAD, January 2024.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Precision Instruments,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Jiang joined Liu & Shen Associates in March 2022, she specializes in patent application drafting, patent prosecution, and client counseling in the technical field of semiconductor packaging technology, semiconductor chip manufacturing technology, memory device, MEMS, display device and so on.
Ms. Jiang obtained the qualification of patent attorney in 2017. Before joining Liu & Shen Associates, Ms. Jiang worked as a patent attorney in Jiang Chyun intellectual property group.
Ms. Jiang obtained a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a bachelor’s degree in English from Southwest University.
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering
Chinese,English,Japanese
Ms. Jiang started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2020. Ms. Jiang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Signal and Information processing, Communication, Electronics & Computer Science, Image Processing, etc.
Ms. Jiang received her Master and bachelor's degrees both from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a major on Signal and Information Processing Technology during 2013-2020.
Shenzhen
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments
Chinese,English
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University Master Degree
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University Bachelor Degree
Mr. Li joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2018. He was qualified as a patent attorney and attorney-at-law in 2019.
Mr. Li specializes in patent drafting, prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and counseling with a focus on medical devices, molecular detection, biochip, robot, MEMS, automobile engineering, etc.
Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Li worked for IPO and refinancing business in the Investment Banking Department of China Merchants Securities.
Main Clients Mr. Li Worked for:
- Google, VALEO, Schneider, TE Connectivity, BOE, etc.
Mr. Li drafted many new patent applications for many corporations, including Schneider electrics, Valeo Siemens eAutomotive, Kone elevators, BOE, Leili motors, etc.
Representative cases that Mr. Li has participated are as follows.
1. Representing a domestic hydraulic equipment company HL to won the patent invalidation procedure against a Japanese company.
2. Representing a projection equipment company TD in Taiwan Province, to settle the patent invalidation procedure filed by a domestic competitor company.
3. Entrusted by a domestic supplier of EMU parts FY to conduct a patent infringement risk analysis and patent layout report for its products.
4. Entrusted by investment institutions to analyze the patent stability and evaluate the infringement risk of its core products of a domestic medical equipment company and an AI medical imaging company.
Main Project Experience:
− Thin film thermocouple sensors for monitoring cutting temperature
Research on label-free molecular detection methods and construction of corresponding system;
Research on single cell capture and culture;
Development of adaptive underactuated robot hand.
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Li joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2003. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, invalidation, litigation, and client counseling with a focus on telecommunication, computer science, electronics, and signal processing.
Ms. Li became a qualified patent attorney in 2002. The cases she has handled relates to patent prosecution/re-examination/invalidation/litigation as well as patent analysis and search.
Ms. Li had a Bachelor degree in Wireless Communication Engineering from Haijun Engineering University, PRC in 1994 and had an LLM degree in IP law from The John Marshall Law School, USA in 2010. Before joining this firm, Ms. Li had worked as an engineer at Radio Research Institute for 9 years. She received training from China University of Political Science and Law in civil and commercial law during 2008-2010.
Representative lecture that Ms. Li has made:
“Independent and dependent claims comparison among the USA, EU, and PRC”
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Li joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2017, and was qualified as a patent attorney in 2011.
Ms. Li began her patent practice in 2009, and specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent drafting, analysis on relevance degree and validity of patents and client counseling with a focus on telecommunication, networking, electronics, semiconductor, computer technology, data processing, etc.
Before joining this firm, Ms. Li had worked at RWS Group in Beijing from 2009 to 2010, and worked at Unitalen Attorneys at Law from 2010 to 2016.
Ms. Li received a Master degree from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2009.
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering
Chinese,English
EDUCATION:
Automation science and electrical engineering, Beihang University Master Degree
Automation science and electrical engineering, Beihang University Bachelor Degree
Department of foreign languages Beihang University Bachelor Degree
Ms. Li began her legal career in patent laws and joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2018, and mainly engaged in patent-related intellectual property agency business, including patent application, patent examination, patent invalidation and patent litigation. Her practice area includes automation and electrical engineering, automatic control engineering, computer engineering, big data processing, Internet technology, etc.
Ms. Li obtained the qualification as an attorney at law and the qualification as a patent attorney in 2019. Since joining Liu Shen, Ms. Li has handled a large number of patent-related cases and cases related to patent drafting/patent examination/patent overseas applications (US, Europe), and also handled infringement analysis, invalidation analysis, patent search and other related cases.
Main Clients Ms. Li has been working for:
- Valeo, NIKE, Qualcomm, Schneider, Dyson, BOE
Representative cases:
- engaged in a validity study of targeted patents for a known Telecommunication Company;
- engaged in invalidation cases for a known UK company.
Main Project Experience:
- Project leader of "Service-oriented Open Avionics System Basic Service Platform Prototype" of AVIC 615;
- Data fusion algorithm and domain service design of VxWorks system
- Two-way data transmission design under VxWorks and ACoreOS 653 systems
- Design and development of CPCI bus software interface based on Windows
- Research on indoor 3D positioning optimization based on wireless communication base stations
ARTICLES
The Design and Application of Multi-Sensor Data Fusion in Open System Architecture of Avionics on ICIEA 2017
Beijing
Patent
Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering,Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English,German
Ms. Li became a qualified patent attorney in 2012 and joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2013. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination with a focus on mechanical devices, paper machinery, chemical & bioengineering, Energy & Power, automobiles.
Ms. Li had a Diplom-Ingenieur degree from Dresden University of Technology in 2011. Before joining Liu Shen & Associates, Ms. Li worked in Panawell & Partners, LLC as a patent attorney for two years. During study in Germany she served in Sachsen Milch, Max-Bergmann center and Schott-Glass as technical developer.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
