Le Liu

Senior Patent Attorney
Patent

Primary office

Beijing

Practice focus

Patent

Experience

Mr. Liu is a patent attorney in the firm’s Japanese & Korean division, who primarily handles patent practices for clients from China, Japan, and Korea.

Prior to joining East IP, Mr. Liu accumulated extensive practical experience in an intellectual property agency for over 6 years. Mr. Liu is well-versed in Chinese, Japanese and Korea patent laws and patent practices, and is currently involved in patent specification preparation, dealing with office actions (OA), reexaminations, invalidation, and counseling on strategy.

Mr. Liu has handled 700 patent applications in China, Japan and Korea covering a wide range of fields including batteries, rubber, resins, chemical industry, medicine, cosmetics, biopolymers, inorganic materials and machinery, which has earned him considerable praise from domestic and international clients.

Education

  • Bachelor Degree Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University
  • Master Degree in Pharmacy, Peking University

Admissions

  • Patent Attorney

Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • Japanese (fluent)
  • German (fluent)
  • Korean (fluent)

Recent Insights

The fourth amendment to the Chinese Patent Law in 2021 added partial design to the scope of patent protection, clarifying that......
On March 14, 2026, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the "Guidelines for Patent Applications Involving Standards" (hereinafter referred to as the...
On April 1, 2026, the National Intellectual Property Administration released the “2025 China Patent Survey Report”, which was based on the patent survey and...