• Tianyi Xu
    Partner
    Patent Attorney


    Telephone:86-10- 59208568/59208888
    Fax:86-10- 59208588/85110966
    Email:tianyi.xu@unitalen.com
      Practice Area
    Patent prosecution Invalidation
    Opinions Client Counseling
    Litigation & Licensing    

    Professional Experience

    Mr. Xu began to practice IP matters in 1999. During 2000-2002, Mr. Xu worked in a State-owned Trademark & Patent Law Office as an associate patent attorney. In 2002, Mr. Xu joined in a leading international intellectual property Consultancy, as the head of Chinese Patent Practice Group, In 2006, Mr. Xu joined in Unitalen as a partner in the International Department and is responsible for US and Canada business development and client management.

    Mr. Xu has extensive experience of patent drafting, prosecution, invalidation, litigation and enforcement in the field of mechanical engineering and material science. So far, Mr. Xu has handled over 600 patent prosecution cases, about 20 patent invalidation cases, about 10 patent litigation and administrative enforcement cases as well as various opinion work such as Freedom-To-Operate Opinion, Non-infringement Opinion and Validity Opinion for some multinationals. Mr. Xu is good at communicating with US and European clients in English fluently and understands the culture of diversity quite well.

    Education
    Bachelor Degree, Material Engineering,
    Anhui University of Science & Technology, 1994
    Master Degree, Material Engineering,
    Anhui University of Science & Technology, 1997
    Training Program on China Patent Litigation by Beijing High People’s Court 2004
    Training Program on China Patent Litigation & Administrative Enforcement by SIPO, 2005

    Admission
    Chinese Patent Attorney Examination 2000

    Affiliations
    Member of Licensing Executive Society (LES)
    Member of Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
    Member of All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
    Member of China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS)

    Working Language
    Chinese, English