Zhen Qin

BeijingMechanical Patent and Design Department

+86-10-6604 6429

+86-10-6641 5678

qinzh@ccpit-patent.com.cn

Qualification:

Patent Attorney since 2008

Technical Field:

Machine Design & Machine Building

Languages:

Chinese、English

Education and Training:

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University 2001-2004
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University 1997-2001
Study in BSKB of USA in 2016

 

Professional Experience:

Joined CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office in 2008
Worked as Assistant to Patent Attorney in Unitalen Attorneys at Law, and LUNG TIN IP Attorneys respectively, from 2004 to 2008

 

Practice Area:

Drafting Patent Application Documents、Patent prosecution (including domestic patent application, PCT application and foreign patent application、Patent Reexamination、Patent Invalidation、Patent validity Litigation、Patent Infringement Litigation、Legal Opinion on Patent Infringement、Patent Search、FTO Opinion、Third-party Observation/Public Opinion、Intellectual property training、Novelty search、Patent Registry in Hong Kong and Macau SAR、Infringement risks analysis

Affiliation:

All China Patent Agents Association

 

Publication and Presentation:

Article:
“Some considerations about the three-step approach of inventiveness evaluation”, Patent Agency, Issue No. 2, 2017;

Presentation:
“Protection of Partial Designs”, 2018 AIPPI China Youth IP Seminar, Beijing, 2018

 

Representative Cases:

Representing a Danish company who loses in the invalidation procedure to file an administrative lawsuit in 2016, and win the first instance (the second instance is still pending till Nov. 2020);

Entrusted by a domestic client who loses in the 1st invalidation request, to make a new search and file a 2nd invalidation request in 2015 and successfully invalidate the patent.

Representing a company in handling a patent infringement administrative mediation case by Beijing Intellectual Property Office in 2014; with searching the prior art and filing an invalidation request against the patent of the opponent, the opponent is forced to withdraw the administrative mediation request and compensate all the expenses of the client.

Representing a well-known German automobile company to file an invalidation request against a car design patent in 2014, which case was elected as one of the top ten invalidation cases of the Patent Reexamination Board in the year.

Representing a well-known international milk powder manufacturing company in several patent invalidation cases in 2014.