Working Team
Patent Team (Chemistry, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutics), Legal Service Team


Qualification
Attorney-at-Law (2006)
Patent Attorney (2009)


Education and Training
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology, Nanjing University, 2002
Master of Law, Renmin University of China Law School, 2007


Work Experience
Served as an examiner in the Biologics Division of Pharmaceutical and Biological Invention Examination Department of Patent Office of State Intellectual Property Office from August 2002 to July 2008
Joined CPA as a patent attorney and an attorney-at-law in 2008


Service Area
Patent Agency, Legal Services


Technical Background
Biotechnology and Life sciences


Practice Area
Patent Invalidation, Patent Civil Litigation, Free to Operation Analysis (FTO), Administrative Investigation and Handling of Patent Infringement, Patent Ownership Disputes


Personal Achievements
Since 2020, he was rated as "IP Expert", "Intellectual Property Future Star" by magazines such as Asia IP, MIP, Legal 500, Benchmark, etc.
In 2014, he published a paper "Research on Markush Claim Amendment in Invalidation Procedure" (co-authored) in "China Patent and Trademark" Issue 3, 2014
In 2016, he published a paper "Patent Indirect Infringement from the Perspective of Interpretation" in "China Patent and Trademark" Issue 4, 2016
In 2018, he published a paper "Research on the Novelty of Inventions with Multiple Numerical Range Limitations" in "China Patent and Trademark" Issue 1, 2018 (co-authored)


Representative Cases

- Represented a university of the Netherlands and a U.K. citizen (plaintiffs) against China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in a patent administrative case involving biopharmaceutical technology in the first instance, the second instance, and the retrial, winning all these lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision. The second instance is, as a typical case, on the lists of the Annual Report on IP Cases of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) as well as the Tenets of Adjudication of the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC of the year;

- Represented a Sweden industrial product manufacture company (plaintiff) against CNIPA et al. in a patent administrative case involving welding technology in the second instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision. The second instance is, as a typical case, on the lists of the Annual Report on IP Cases of the SPC as well as the Tenets of Adjudication of the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC of the year;

- Represented a U.S. pharmaceutical company (plaintiff) against the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) in a patent administrative case involving chemical drug in the second instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a German pharmaceutical company (plaintiff) against PRB in a patent administrative case involving biotechnology in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a U.S. food company (plaintiff) against PRB in a patent administrative case involving food technology in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a U.S. glass fiber material company (plaintiff) against PRB in a patent administrative case involving glass material technology in the first instance and the second instance, winning the lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a U.S. chemical engineering company (plaintiff) against PRB in a patent administrative case involving chemical engineering technology in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a German pharmaceutical company (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving chemical drug in the first instance and the second instance, winning the lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a Swiss medical device company (plaintiff) against a domestic company in a patent infringement case involving medical detection device in the first instance, obtaining injunction and damages, and having the judgment enforced successfully;

- Represented a Swiss industrial material company (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving industrial material in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a U.S. chemical engineering company (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving chemical engineering technology in the first instance and the second instance, winning the lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a veterinary drug company of the Netherlands (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving vaccine for animals in the first instance and the second instance, winning the lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented an electronic product company of the Netherlands (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving chemical engineering in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a university of the Netherlands and a U.K. citizen (plaintiffs) in a patent administrative case involving biopharmaceutical technology in the second instance and the retrial, winning the lawsuits and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented an Italian chemical engineering company (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving chemical engineering technology in the second instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision;

- Represented a Sweden biotechnology company (patentee) against domestic companies in the administrative adjudication of a patent infringement dispute involving probiotics, winning the case and obtaining injunction successfully;

- Represented a U.K. textile company (plaintiff) against CNIPA in a patent administrative case involving textile technology in the first instance, winning the case and resulting in the final reversal of the sued decision.

Memberships
Member of the Chinese Group of AIPPI, Member of All-China Patent Attorneys Association, Member of Licensing Executives Society China, Chairman of the Standing Committee Q166 (IP and Genetic Resources / Traditional Knowledge) of the Chinese Group of AIPPI


Location
Beijing


Languages
Chinese, English