Overview:

Mr. Zhang's practice focuses mainly on patent prosecution. He has successfully represented some major corporations to handle hundreds patent filings and prosecuting cases covering various technical fields, particularly the fields of fluid machinery, mechanical engineering, industrial design, automotive engineering, printing machinery. Mr. Zhang has also represented clients in many patent reexamination cases, patent invalidation cases and patent litigation cases. In addition, Mr. Zhang has also drafted many patent applications for clients and filed these patent applications in China and many countries outside of China, such as the USA and Europe.

Education and Training:

• 2009             Training Courses on European Design Practice, organized by EUIPO (“OHIM”)
  
• 2000-2003    Tsinghua University     Fluid Mechanics and Engineering, Master' s Degree
  
• 1995-2000    Tsinghua University     Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering, Bachelor' s Degree

Qualification:

• Bar Examination passed in 2009 
  
• Patent Attorney since 2006

Professional Affiliations:

All-China Patent Agents Association

Working Language:

English, Mandarin

Selected Publications:

• Practice and procedure of patent agency, co-author of chapter 5, by Intellectual Property Press, 2013.3
  
• Handbook of Best Practices in Intellectual Property Management, co-author of chapter 4, by Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2011.11