Yuexin Duan

Senior Patent Attorney
IP Consultation

Primary office

Beijing

Practice focus

Intellectual Property Consultation

Experience

Ms. Duan earned her Master’s Degree in 2015 and subsequently joined a leading Beijin IP firm where she specialized in patent services. In 2017, she transitioned to Beijing East IP Ltd., continuing her work on patent filing and prosecution, and began focusing on strategics patent consulting in 2021.

Throughout her decade-long career in the field of intellectual property, Ms. Duan has gained extensive experience in patent applications, patent searches, patent infringement analysis, patent invalidity analysis, FTO (Freedom to Operate) patent search and analysis, and EoU (Evidence of Use) patent due diligence.

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University of Technology
  • Master’s Degree, Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Admissions

  • Patent Attorney
  • PRC Attorney-at-Law

Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese (native)
  • English (fluent)

Recent Insights

On 17 December 2025, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government launched a comprehensive three-month public consultation on a sweeping review of its...
The 2025 Draft Amendment proposes modest changes to the current law, with most being beneficial to trademark owners. The most notable in this regard...
On December 27, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (“NPC”) issued a draft amendment of the PRC Trademark Law (“2025 Draft...