History
2010～Now YUHONG IP Law Firm, founded YUHONG and has been working as president & chief partner, patent & trademark attorney, authorized patent litigator;
1993～2010 China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA), served in various positions as senior patent attorney, deputy manager of chemical department, manager of chemical department, deputy manager of CPA, general manager of CPA;
1983～1993 CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, patent attorney;
1979～1983 B.E. in Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University.
Overseas Training
1997 Professional training at Georgetown University Law School in Washington D.C., the U.S.;
1997 Professional training at the Patent Department of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, the U.S.
Languages
Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Russian
Honors and Membership
SPC-Authorized Patent Litigator (authorized by Supreme People’s Court of China);
Member of National IP Experts Pool (awarded by the State Intellectual Property Office of China, SIPO);
China National Leading IP Expert (awarded by SIPO);
Leading Patent Attorney (awarded by All-China Patent Attorneys Association);
China National Outstanding Expert (awarded by the State Council of China);
China Five-Star Patent Attorney (awarded by China Intellectual Property News);
Vice President, All China Patent Attorneys Association;
Executive Director of Beijing Patent Attorneys Association;
Member of the first council of School of Intellectual Property, Nanjing University of Science and Technology;
Member of ACPAA, CIPS, FICPI, AIPPI, LES, IPO, INTA, VPP, ASIPI and AIPLA (IP Practice in China Committee).
Areas of Practice
Mr. Wu’s practice consists of drafting and translating patent application documents, preparing responses to office actions, handling invalidation, IP-related administrative cases, and infringement lawsuits. Mr. Wu is qualified to appear in court in dealing with patent cases. Mr. Wu is also extensively involved in assisting enterprises in devising feasible patent protection strategies and giving training sessions on IP issues to enterprises and IP professionals.
Mr. Wu’s expertise is in chemical engineering (including petrochemical engineering, coal chemical engineering, household and personal care chemicals, fine chemical engineering, pharmaceutical chemicals, etc.), biochemical engineering, materials engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, chemical machinery, etc.
As a pioneer of Chinese patent attorneys, Mr. WU is reputed for his outstanding personal performance through 35 years of IP law practice and also for his great contribution to the development of Chinese IP attorney industry.
Having been a pragmatic practitioner for over three decades, Mr. WU has handled more than 3 thousands of patent cases in various languages for clients around the globe. As a top executive for quite some years in No. 1 IP law firm in China, he has also accumulated rich experience in supervising, organizing, coordinating and managing patent projects, including patent right affirmation, invalidation, IP-related administrative cases, and infringement lawsuits, and assisted big companies like Sinopec, Philips, Pfizer, and many medium and small-sized enterprises, in devising feasible patent protection strategies. With the support of the enthusiastic professionals of YUHONG, Mr. WU is well prepared to head the team and continue providing clients worldwide with the most satisfactory IP services in Greater China and abroad.
