Qualification:
Patent Attorney since 1996
Attorney-at-law since 1998

Technical Field:
Material Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, and Chemistry

Language:
Chinese and English

Education and Training:
Bachelor of Science in Material Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1990

Master of Science in Inorganic Non-Metallic Material from Tsinghua University in 1993

Master of Law from the Law School of Peking University in 2003

Trained in a law firm in the UK in 1997

Trained in a law firm in the USA in 2002

Professional Experience:
Joined CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office in 1994

Engineer at Beijing Tianlong Co. Ltd. from 1993 to 1994

Deputy Director of Chemical Division of the firm from 2002 to 2004

Director of Application Department since 2004

Practice Area:
Mr. Long's practice focuses mainly on prosecution and litigation of patent. He has successfully represented many major corporations, especially chemical companies, in patent prosecution and litigation, and accumulated rich experience in patent prosecution and litigation. He has handled more than 800 patent filing and prosecuting cases covering various technical fields, particularly the fields of material science and engineering, chemical engineering and metallurgy. Mr. Long has handled a lot of patent reexamination and patent invalidation cases before the Patent Reexamination Board, and some patent litigation cases before the courts. In addition, Mr. Long has also drafted a lot of patent applications for domestic clients and filed these patent applications in the major developed countries of the world, such as the USA, Japan and Europe.

Publication and Presentation:
Author: Study on Conflicting Patent Applications, China Patent Agency, No. 3, 1999: Co-Author: Study on the criteria to be met for the contents of all components defined in a composition claim of the open-ended form, China Patent News, Mar. 10, 1999

Professional Affiliation:
Member of Chinese Group of AIPPI
All China Patent Agents Association