Beijing

Patent

Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Wei He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in August 2008, and now she works in the Chemistry Department of the firm. Ms. He's work includes providing comments on how to respond to Office Action, Final Rejection, Notification of Reexamination and Decision of Reexamination, drafting new applications, as well as providing a third-party opinions. She is also good at the practice of new application outside China, such as in US and EP etc. Besides, she has also participated in the analysis of several invalidation trials. Ms. He's practice areas involve small molecule pharmacy, formulations, medical devices, hygienical articles, argrochemistry, biopharmacy, cosmetology product, food, health care products, high molecule chemistry, and, oil industry.

Ms. He got her Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Shenyang Phamaceutical University in 2002, and her Master's degree in Phamacochemistry from Peking Union Medical College in 2005. Before entering Liu Shen, she worked in Jeekai Parters.

Ms. He is very serious about work, and is hard-working. She is service-minded and has intuition of patent.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

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)

Chengdu

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Li started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Li provides intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent search, patent navigation and so on for several clients. Ms. Li is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality intellectual property services for clients. Ms. Li handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Image Processing, Semiconductor Technology, Telecommunication, and Electrical engineering etc..

From July 2014 to November 2017, Ms. Li worked as a Patent Examiner in the electrical field in Patent Examination Cooperation Sichuan Center of the Patent Office, SIPO.

Ms. Li was admitted as a patent attorney in 2016.

Ms. Li received her Master's degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences with a major on Control Engineering in year 2014, and received a Bachelor’s degree from Dalian University of Technology in year 2011.

When Ms. Li was working as an electricity patent examiner, the work include:
-   Examining 350 + domestic and foreign electrical patent applications;
-   Participating in the quality inspection team of the department to control the quality of the Office Action;

Published Articles include:
-   《Summary of Active Power Filter in the aspect of Patent》，No.6, 2016，Journal of Electrical Power