USA ASTRI Proprietary Berkeley Law Technology Group LLP
USA ASTRI Proprietary
Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG) • Founded in 2003 and core strength is patent preparation, prosecution, analysis and management in a variety technology areas relevant to ASTRI. • Has 12 seasoned attorneys/agents and 4 other legal service professionals. • Was selected as an ASTRI IP service provider since 2007. • Has prepared and/or reviewed 46 patent applications for ASTRI, wherein 31 issued, 9 abandoned, and 6 pending. • Has prepared analysis of 5 -10 patents with ASTRI Proprietary
Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Howard A. Skaist Partner 23+ years of patent/IP law experience Diverse technology experience related to ASTRI Paul Nagy US Patent attorney 1994 Partner 21+ years of experience as a patent attorney Computer hardware and software, internet, semiconductor, communications and general electronics related 1) 250 -325 patent application; 2) 450 -500 office action responses; 3) About 1000 of US patent analysis Ted Karr US Patent attorney 2001 Partner 15+ years of experience as a licensing/IP attorney Computer hardware and software, internet, semiconductor, communications and general electronics related Calvin E. Wells US Patent attorney 1998 15+ years of experience as a patent attorney Electrical and computer arts, chipset and graphics/video matters, microprocessor architecture, semiconductor device fabrication, software, and electronic device interconnect and data signaling technologies 1) For patent application: 2. 5 months. 2) For office action responses: 1. 5 months 3) For analysis: at least 1 week; depends on type and takes longer if a file history needs to be ordered by mail Benjamin Hoopes US Patent Attorney 5+ years of experience as a patent attorney Electrical, electro-mechanical, and software ASTRI Proprietary
Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nike Corporation Fortune 500 N. A. Yahoo! Inc. Fortune 500 ARM Limited Large entity Clothing, sports equipment, electronic devices, smart clothing Search, mobile, advertising, user interface Semiconductors Over 100 of patent applications About 10 patent applications International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) ASTRI Small entity Research 46 patents Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Large entity 20 US patent applications Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. Medium entity Automotive engines and engine components LED with ASTRI Proprietary 2 patent applications ASTRI’s patents: 31 issued; 9 abandoned; and 6 pending. Analysis of 5 -10 patents
Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US • BGL has more than 135 attorneys, patent agents and scientific advisors. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Peter Nichols Shareholder 25 years of experience with about 6 years of litigation experience and 19 years of prosecution, analysis, and counseling experience. He has worked in telecommunication, computer, mobile communication devices, mobile medical devices, etc. Draft and file about 12 applications per year. File about 80 previously prepared over 100 applications per year About 3 months Kent Genin Shareholder 22 years experience in both prosecution and litigation relating to telecommunications systems, memory devices, software, business methods, medical devices, automotive technology, and manufacturing equipment. About 30 About 3 months ASTRI Proprietary
Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Sid Bennett Scientific Advisor and Patent Agent 12 years as a patent agent preparing and prosecuting US and international patent applications relating to electrical, electronics, electro-optics, fiber optics, communications systems, computer memory systems, medical electronics and metamaterials, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, physics and complex systems patents. About 24 About 3 months Michael Hussey Associate 8 years of experience in prosecuting software and hardware, such as computer networking, data storage, telecommunications, voice-over IP, lighting control systems, internet-based solutions, electronic circuitry and business methods applications. About 30 About 3 months ASTRI Proprietary
Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (analysis): Name Title Description No. of analysis per year Average process lead time of analysis Peter Nichols Shareholder 25 years of experience with about 6 years of litigation experience and 19 years of prosecution, analysis, and counseling experience. He has worked in telecommunication, computer, mobile communication devices, mobile medical devices, etc. He analyzed over 24 patents/applications relating to auto-focus camera technology with ASTRI. About 6 Robert Mallin Shareholder 25 years experience as a litigator including electromechanical inventions, chemical processing, medical devices, computer chips, metallurgical processing, the automotive industry, biotechnology and software. About 4 -6 About 2 -4 weeks in average depending on the complexity of subject matter, the no. of patents/applications to be analyzed and client’s request, etc. ASTRI Proprietary
Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) US: Morton Salt; Amway N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Lenovo; BHP Billiton; and Trinseo N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’d Clients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Small private company N. A. Medical waste About 25 Multinational company N. A. Chemical About 50 Global company N. A. Medical products and technologies 3 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Confidential company N. A. Drug 2 Multinational company N. A. Resource Over 70 Multinational company N. A. Tool manufacturing Over 50 opinions with ASTRI Proprietary Analyzed over 24 patents/applications relating to autofocus camera technology
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) • Fulbright in total has 95 staff practicing IP, including 52 patent attorneys, 5 registered patent agents and 2 technical advisors. • Filed 102 US patent applications and 30 foreign patent applications with ASTRI since 2002. • Received “Very Good” feedback on the quality of patent document. ASTRI Proprietary
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis R. Ross Viguet Partner, patent attorney 1996 22 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, telephony, computer systems, electronic security, electronic commerce, semiconductor devices, as well as technology licensing, reexamination and opposition, practice and diligence and opinion work. 1) About 1 -3 months. 2) N. A. Nathan Rees Senior Associate, patent attorney 2007 8 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, telephony, computer systems, electronic commerce, semiconductor devices, medical devices 1) On average, 900 US applications and 900 foreign applications per year. 2) N. A. Wayne Livingstone Senior Associate, Patent attorney 2006 9 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include Chemicals, petroleum, medical devices, electrical and medical devices ASTRI Proprietary
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Joni Seeley Associate, patent attorney 2008 11 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, streaming media, voice recognition software (began with the firm as a scientific advisor, later becoming a patent agent and then an attorney) 1) About 1 -3 months. 2) N. A. Genie Tu Counsel, patent attorney 2009 3 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, software, electronic devices, oil drilling and production 1) On average, 900 US applications and 900 foreign applications per year. 2) N. A. Allan Braxdale Associate, patent attorney 2010 3 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, electrical circuits, memory devices, networks, processors, aeronautical control and navigation systems, data communications Juan Vasquez Associate, 2013 3 years of IP experience. ASTRI Proprietary
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Qualcomm N. A. Netgear N. A. Cellular communications, multimedia delivery, portable device user interface, integrated circuit packing, data and coding and storage array Wireless network, communications protocols Stamp. com N. A. Taqua N. A. University of Utah N. A. Internet commerce, crytography, web server systems, postal item packaging, fraud detection and avoidance Small cell and fetocell devices, network convergence server technology, subscriber database record management Electrode arrays, nanoelectromechanical devices, medical devices, data telemetry, frequency ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) CSR N. A. Integrated circuit design, radio circuitry, consumer device electronics N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary Since 2002, filed 102 US patent applications; 30 foreign patent applications; and conducted patent analysis for ASTRI before
g. Patent LLC (near Silicon Valley) • 83% g. Patent Allowance Rate vs. 54% US average. • First-Action Allowances (no prosecution) – First-action allowances account for 40% of his patents. – Another 28% have some claims allowed on the first office action. – Two-thirds of his patents have little or no prosecution. • Received “Very Good” feedback on the quality of patent document. ASTRI Proprietary
g. Patent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Stuart T. Auvinen Solo practitioner and US patent agent • US patent agent since 1993 (22 years) 1) Written over 490 US patents 2) Average 15~40 patents per year 3) N. A. for no. of analysis 1) Typically require 1~3 weeks from receiving the quote to delivery of the first draft; 2) Total time from drafting to filing is 3~8 weeks for at least 80% of his patent filings; and 3) A rush patent for ASTRI in Jun 2009 completed in less than one week 4) N. A. for analysis • BS Chemical Engineering 1984 U. C. Berkeley, MS Electrical Engineering 1988 Stanford University • A former IC design engineer (1984 ~ 1993) for Chips & Technologies, AMD, Monolithic Memories, and IBM • Area of practices: Circuits, Computers, Software ASTRI Proprietary 16
g. Patent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Neo. Magic Corp. N. A. Graphics & Logic Chips 50+ Pericom Semiconductor N. A. Circuits 100+ International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) BIT Microsystems, Bright. Link Networks, Recipio, Eferrals. com, LSI Logic, etc. N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A. Drafted and filed over 50 patents for ASTRI in the last 8 years, 37 issued
g. Patent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’d Clients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Stein IP (US) • Stein IP is a full service intellectual property law firm with an emphasis on intellectual property creation and maximization. They create and protect intellectual property portfolios, and defend against and determine ways for their clients to avoid infringement of all forms of IP. • 9 patent attorneys / agents in US. • Michael Stein worked in USPTO before. He has been actively involved in the preparation and prosecution of US patent applications. He has presented a number of seminars in Asia on relevant patent, trademark and copyright issues. ASTRI Proprietary
Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Michael Stein Partner, US patent attorney 23 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 15 applications per year 3 weeks 2 weeks for analysis Martin P. Hoffman US patent attorney 45 years experience Mechanical Engineering 5 applications per year 2 weeks for analysis Joseph J. Zito US patent attorney 33 years experience Physics 4 applications per year 3 weeks 2 weeks for analysis Geoffrey Karny US patent attorney 25 years experience Biochemistry 18 applications per year 2 weeks for analysis Alan M. Ehrlich US patent attorney 24 years experience Chemistry 8 applications per year 2 weeks for analysis ASTRI Proprietary
Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Glenna Hendricks US patent attorney 20 years experience Biochemistry 8 applications per year 1 week for analysis Sinai Yarus US patent agent 16 years experience Biochemistry 15 applications per year 1 week 2 weeks for analysis Sungyeop Chung US patent agent 14 years experience Physics 6 applications per year 1 week 2 weeks for analysis Nathan Cristler US patent attorney 10 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 14 applications per year 3 weeks for analysis ASTRI Proprietary
Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Winton Machine N. A. 20 Hughes Network systems – Satellite technology United States Navy – military technology United States Environmental Protection Agency Epilady 2000 LLC N. A. 5 N. A. 15 N. A. 29 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Kyocera N. A. 150 Denki Kaaku Kogyo Suzuki Motors Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technologies SK Planet N. A. 100 50 110 N. A. 45 with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Hong Kong ASTRI Proprietary
Barron & Young (HK) • Established in 2006 • Has 1 US patent agent and 3 China patent agents. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Charles Ho US and China Patent Attorney 14 years of experience Engineering, Software and Electronics 1) Drafting: ~50 per year 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 2 -3 weeks Patrick Song China Patent Agent 8 years of experience Engineering, Software and Electronics 2) Filing: ~250 filed in US and ~200 filed in China Ethan Huang China Patent Agent 6 years of experience Biotechnology 3) Analysis: ~20 per year Wing Yan Wong Patent Engineer 5 years of experience Chemistry ASTRI Proprietary 2) Average lead time of analysis: 2 -3 weeks
Barron & Young (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Sengital Ltd. N. A. Offer solution in product development, filed ~30 patents in CN, HK, US and embedded systems and application software UK SAE Magnetics Ltd. N. A. Sunming Tech. Solomon Systech Ltd Megabyte Ltd. N. A. Largest manufacturer of magnetic recording heads for hard disk drivers Optical related products a leading semiconductor company offer RFID hardware devices filed over 40 patents in CN, US and JP filed ~26 patents in US, EU and CN filed ~13 patents in US, CN and TW filed ~60 patents and ~80 designs in HK, CN, US, EU, TW, AU and SG International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Broadcom Corp. N. A. filed ~780 patents in HK BGI Shenzhen MIT ZTE N. A. Sony N. A. one of largest "fabless" semiconductor companies largest genomics organization US university leading provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions Leading manufacturer of electronic products with ASTRI Proprietary filed ~50 patents in HK filed ~10 patents in CN , HK filed ~30 patents in HK filed ~10 patents in HK N. A. 25
Barron & Young (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent analysis Goodway Electrical Co. N. A. A leading company for small household appliance Conducted patent searches in US, EU, CN Fu Hong Industries Ltd. N. A. Specialized in baby products NAMI N. A. R&D center in HK Provided validity opinion on client’s EU and HK patents Conducted prior-art searches GEAN Tech. Co. Ltd. N. A. The developer of the world’s first Filament LED Conducted prior-art searches International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent analysis Lifetrons International Ltd. N. A. A Switzerland-based company providing original, ultra-small electronics and accessories for refined travelers Conducted infringement for their products with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Deacons (HK) • The Hong Kong office has 190 local lawyers and attorneys, including 53 partners, and support staff of about 350. • Has the largest patent practice and greatest number of qualified Patent Attorneys of all Hong Kong law firms, and is rated as HK’s leading law firm for both patent prosecution and patent litigation. • The IP department has a staff of over 100, including • 7 Partners (lawyers); 27 associates (lawyers); 7 Patent Attorneys; 1 Trainee Patent Attorneys. • Deacons has been serving ASTRI before. ASTRI Proprietary
Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Catherine Zheng Partner 15 years of IP experience. Catherine advises on all aspects of PRC IP including complex IP litigation and enforcement, cross-border patent infringement and invalidation actions, trade mark, copyright, trade secrets and domain name protection, IP portfolio management and commercial IP. 1) No. of drafting is 15 -20; No. of filing is 150. 2) No. of analysis is 8 -10 per year Jeffrey Mc. Lean Patent Attorney (AU) 14 years of IP experience. Jeffrey has technical competency in software and information technology, more than 10 years experience in drafting patent applications, advising on patent filing strategies, advising upon infringement, validity and freedom-to-use, strategic use of patents and all aspects of patent portfolio management. 1) 3 -5 weeks depending on the extent of disclose, nature of technology, responsiveness of inventors to enquires, and other workload. 2) 3 -5 weeks ASTRI Proprietary
Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Shuwei Tang Patent Attorney (CN) 9 years of IP experience. Technical expertise and competency include electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science and industrial automation. James Mc. Hugh Patent Attorney (UK & EP) 8 years of IP experience. James has experience including optical instruments and technologies, computer software related inventions including image processing, networking technologies and telecommunications. 1) No. of drafting is 15 -20; No. of filing is 150. 2) No. of analysis is 8 -10 per year 1) 3 -5 weeks depending on the extent of disclose, nature of technology, responsiveness of inventors to enquires, and other workload. 2) 3 -5 weeks Yang Haoming Sunny Patent Agent (CN) 8 years of IP experience. Sunny has particular expertise in electric-optical imaging systems, optical system simulation, wavefront coding systems and infrared zoom systems using all reflective aspheric surfaces. Ian Liu Patent Attorney (CN) 6 years of IP experience. BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, LLB from the University of London, England. ASTRI Proprietary
Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting and filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Leading Hong Kong Transport Services Provider, Leading Hong Kong Property Development Company, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Leading Child Accessory Manufacturer. N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Masco Corporation, Major Scientific Measurement Company; Major Flow Control Device Manufacturer; Major US Antenna Manufacturer. N. A. with ASTRI Note: * from ASTRI own record. Tender did not submit such information. ASTRI Proprietary * 40 US patent applications
Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Leading Child Accessory Manufacturer, Exporting Manufacturer of home Appliances, Telecommunications Accessory , Masco Corporation, International Lighting Controls Manufacturer, Legrand, Pass & Seymour Inc. and Recom Electric Co. Ltd N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
Eagle IP Limited (HK) • Began operating as a patent agency in June 2005. • IP Team for ASTRI • 2 US patent attorneys • 2 US patent agents • 3 Chinese patent attorneys • 2 patent scientists • 1 patent technical specialist • Eagle has been serving ASTRI since 2011. ASTRI Proprietary
Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Dr. H. C. Lui Director, US Patent Agent 10 years of IP experience Mechanical and electrical engineering, information technologies, renewable energies, patter recognition, soft computing and RFID systems 1) Drafting: 39 2) Filing: 42 3) Analysis: 16 1) Drafting: 4 weeks 2) Filing: 1 week 3) Analysis: 2 -4 weeks Mr. Philip Lyren Principal, US patent attorney 20+ years of IP experience Electrical engineering, information technologies, semiconductors, microprocessors, data centers, cloud computing, communications networks, storage systems, computer systems Dr. Ning Duan Patent Scientist 1 year of IP experience Electrical engineering, information technologies, telecommunications, analog and digital electronics, nanotechnology, medical devices, semiconductor devices ASTRI Proprietary
Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting and filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Macau University of Science and Technology N/A 79 Nexpack Limited 50 globally Engineering, information technology, life science, Pharmaceuticals Engineering Pharmaceuticals 94 Life Science, Pharmaceuticals 68 Bio-Cancer Treatment International Clinical-stage Ltd. Vita Green Health Products Co. , Ltd. N/A 13 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokero International Limited Milq Inc. Generon(Shanghai) Corporation CMS Peptides Patent Holding Company Limited 11 -50 employees 16 people N/A Large 25 1 50 161 with ASTRI Proprietary Electrical engineering Information technology Pharmaceuticals Around 20
Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) QPL limited Large Semi-conductor 1 Jumpin Gym U. S. A. Limited Large Information technology 2 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokero International Limited 11 -50 employees Electrical engineering 1 Generon(Shanghai) Corporation N/A Pharmaceuticals 1 N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary
Ella Cheong (HK) • Was established in Hong Kong in 2004 and provide ongoing services to a number of technology corporations. • Has 10 US and China patent attorneys / agents and 7 patent engineers. • Has over 40 lawyers, 16 trainee solicitors and more than 80 staff members including paralegals, clerks and supporting staff. ASTRI Proprietary
Ella Cheong (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (Electronic /Mechanical /ICT Team): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Sam Yip US patent attorney (will join Ophus) 15 years experience Software, electronics, communications, and system control technologies 920 applications per year 4 -6 weeks Amanda Zhang China patent agent 3 years experience Electronics, telecommunication and computer circuits and chips Jamie Kuang China patent agent Opto-Electronics Lily Jiang Patent Engineer 4 years experience Semiconductor, optical-fiber telecommunication fields Stanley Yip Patent Engineer Telecommunications and IC designs Tony Ho Patent Engineer Physics and Material Science Daniel Gu China patent agent Electronics, communication and IC Design Dong Ning Patent Engineer Optical Engineering ASTRI Proprietary
Ella Cheong (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) New A Innovation Smartone Solomon Systech N. A. 295 5 21 N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokia Nikon Sharp with ASTRI N. A. 85 60 27 More than 100 ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
HNC Innovation (HK) • Total 35 China patent attorneys, 7 US patent attorneys, 2 qualified China attorney-at-law, and 3 China litigation attorneys confirmed by the Chinese Supreme People’s Court. • Susan CHI and her team, based in HK • Cindy YANG and her team, based in New York • Binsheng Cui, Chengbai CHI and their team, based in Qingdao • Dongya LI, Peihua SU and their team, based in Beijing ASTRI Proprietary
HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Susan CHI Director of HNC, China Patent Attorney, based in HK 9 years of experience Electronics, mechanics engineering 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 3 -5 weeks Cindy YANG US Patent Attorney, based in US 10+ years of experience Pharmaceutical and life science, LED, oil/gas extraction, consumer products, food and beverage, sports, media, entertainment industries 1) Each of leading attorneys also managers around 150 cases Binsheng CUI China Patent Attorney, based in Qingdao ASTRI Proprietary 27+ years of experience Handled 4000+ patents and 100+ patent infringement, litigation and invalidation cases 2) Analysis: 5 case per year by each attorney 2) Average lead time of translation and filing: 5 working days 3) OA response: 2 weeks 4) Average lead time of analysis: 10 -20 working days 40
HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Chengbai CHI China Patent Attorney, based in Qingdao 30 years of experience Founder of Qingdao Patent Service Center 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 3 -5 weeks Xinhua SHAO China Patent Attorney, based in Qingdao 11 years of experience Handled 1000+ patents in the field of Electronics, photonics, communication, mechanics 1) Each of leading attorneys also managers around 150 cases Dongya LI China Patent Attorney, based in Beijing 10+ years of experience Mobile internet, communication, Ecommerce, software Peihua SU China Patent Attorney, based in Beijing 12 years of experience Communication, internet, software ASTRI Proprietary 2) Analysis: 5 case per year by each attorney 2) Average lead time of translation and filing: 5 working days 3) OA response: 2 weeks 4) Average lead time of analysis: 10 -20 working days 41
HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’d Clients list (for drafting & filing): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Haier Large Air conditioner Hisense Large Air conditioner LETV Large Mobile TV 186 invention patents, 188 utility model patents 70 invention patents, 125 utility model patents 55 invention patents, 11 utility model patents Datang Mobile Large Communication network Huizhou Light Engine Ltd. N. A. LED technologies (electrical engineering and software) 80 invention patents, 5 utility model patents 60 US patents International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Intel N. A. 85 US patents with ASTRI Proprietary Telecommunications Susan CHI handled 3 -5 China patent drafting cases and 10 -15 patent OA annually in previous employer.
HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’d Clients list (for analysis): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Oxyvital Ltd. N. A. Oxyvital Ltd. V. Deacons Patentability analysis for HK litigation STEVLOS B. V. N. A. STEVLOS B. V. v. Jiangsu Xiangsheng Heavy Industries Co. etc. Infringement analysis for China litigation Norrona Sport AS N. A. Norrona Sport AS v. Volcom Co. Invalidation case against ZL 200480036476. 5 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Avid Identification Systems Technical Consumer Products Fresenius Kabi USA N. A. Avid v. Philips N. A. Technical Consumer Products v. GE Lighting Solutions Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical cases Patent infringement case involving RFID technology Invalidation on the asserted LED lighting patents A number of ongoing cases on patentability analysis, free-to-operate analysis, invalidity analysis, infringement analysis Susan CHI handled infringement analysis for ASTRI in 2014 in previous employer. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A.
in. Compass IP (HK) • Has 4 patent attorneys including 1 EU & UK patent attorney, 2 AU & NZ patent attorneys and 1 US & SG patent attorney. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Ewan Bewley EU and UK Patent Attorney 26 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include telecommunications, cooling systems, petrochemical research and applied science, fibre optics, pressure ignition engines, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, computer implemented inventions, software, IC design and manufacture. 1) 15 – drafting 2) 230 – filing 3) 35 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) 4 weeks Owen Gee AU and NZ Patent Attorney 11 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include electronics, LED technology, power engineering, electrical engineering, software and computer-implemented inventions, medical devices, mechanical apparatus, chemical process technology, building technology and mining. 1) 20 – drafting 2) 150 – filing 3) 20 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) 4 weeks ASTRI Proprietary
in. Compass IP (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Yannie Chan AU and NZ Patent Attorney 4 years of IP experience. Her areas of expertise include chemical and chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and bioengineering, polymers and material science, nanotechnology, medical devices, healthcare, skincare and cosmeceuticals, mechanical engineering and electronic devices. 1) 25 – drafting 2) 80 – filing 3) 10 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) N. A. Nevin Carmichael US and SG Patent Attorney 20 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include medical device and instrumentation, computer hardware and software, telecommunication, mechanical and semiconductor applications and technologies. 1) 20 – drafting 2) 130 – filing 3) 20 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) 4 weeks ASTRI Proprietary
in. Compass IP (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Superl Technology Limited United Technologies Global Limited Large entity Small entity Manufacturing LED 20 40 Teck Keung Industrial Limited Small entity Industrial products 10 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Gibson Innovations Limited Potter IP Limited AJ Park Large entity Small entity 10 10 patents, 10 designs 20 patents, 50 designs N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary Electronics products Various
Marks & Clerk (HK) • Marks & Clerk and Lloyd Wise & Co have long been established in HK, Lloyd C Wise opening its HK office in 1976, soon to be followed by Marks & Clerk in 1984. In November 2007, Marks & Clerk merged businesses with the Lloyd Wise Group. • For drafting and filing, there are 13 patent attorneys in Hong Kong • Number of UK patent agent: 3 (including one person dualqualified in CN and UK) • Number of Europe patent agent: 1 • Number of Germany patent agent: 1 • Number of China patent agent: 2 (including one person dualqualified in CN and UK) • Number of Australia and New Zealand patent agent: 6 • In addition, there are 14 specialists for analysis. All of them are patent attorneys or Trademark attorneys. • Marks & Clerk has been serving ASTRI before. ASTRI Proprietary
Marks & Clerk (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Michael Flint Australian and New Zealand patent attorney 15 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 1) >100 applications per year 2) > 200 analysis 1) 3 -5 weeks 2) 1 -3 weeks for analysis Eric Lam UK patent attorney 20 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications Chin-wah Tsang UK patent attorney 18 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications Michael Lin US patent attorney Biochemistry Philip Mc. Millan New Zealand patent attorney 14 years experience Mechanical Engineering, engineering gas & oil Zephyr Su China Patent Attorney ASTRI Proprietary 6 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications
Marks & Clerk (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) HKBU, City. U, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM), Fanciteck International OSCL Pacific Limited N. A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Dell, Ave Concept, Bubble Bum Marposs SPA, Brush. Pearl LLC N. A. with ASTRI Proprietary N. A. Around 50 patent applications
Taiwan & CN ASTRI Proprietary
Deep & Far (Taiwan) • Has 29 patent engineers/patent attorneys/patent agents. • Has been offering expert service on IP work for 23 years. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis C. F. Tsai President, Attorney-atlaw/Patent Attorney/Arb itrator 33 years of IP work experience Bachelor of Marine Technology of National Chiao-Tung University LLB of National Taiwan University LLM of Soo Chou University 1) Around 1, 000 2) Around 12 Yu-Li Tsai Vice President, Patent Attorney / US patent agent 5 years of IP work experience Bachelor of EE in National Taiwan University Master of Telecommunication in National Taiwan University IP Master of New Hampshire 1) 10 – 45 days depending on urgency 2) 10 – 60 days depending on urgency/complexity ASTRI Proprietary
Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis R. F. Chen Patent Attorney 27 years of IP work experience PH. D. , Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Senior Patent Examiner, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Director of intellectual property, Lotus Pharmaceutical. Co. 1) Around 1, 000 2) Around 12 1) 10 – 45 days depending on urgency 2) 10 – 60 days depending on urgency/complexity Shun-Yu Hung Attorney-atlaw/Patent Attorney 13 years of IP work experience Electrical Engineering Bachelor of National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology LLB of Soochow university LLM of Fu Jen Catholic University ASTRI Proprietary
Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Bionime Corporation Large N/A Arcadyan Technology Corp. Large Tera Xtal Technology Corp. Large Kaohsieng Medical University N/A Chung Hsing University N/A ASTRI Proprietary Biotechnological meter and measurement strips Communication element and module Sapphire and touch panels Pharmaceutical compositions, medicine, compound All field N/A N/A
Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) SMEE Large N/A Infineon Technologies AG Large Inter. Digital Technology Corporation Large MPS Large Seereal Large with ASTRI Proprietary Thermal control, etcher, optical exposure Semiconductor, electronic components and element, chips Wireless communication 500 patent applications per year 8000+ in TW, HK, CN Switch, power converter, N/A driver, transistor 3 D imaging, holographic, and 3 D scene reconstruction N. A.
Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan • Established an exclusive alliance with Leaven IPR Agency Ltd (“Leaven”) in China in Oct. 2003. • Has around 50 years of experience of handling patent matters in TW. • 15 patent engineers and 7 patent attorneys for patent drafting and filing. • 14 lawyers, 15 patent engineers and 7 patent attorneys for patent analysis ASTRI Proprietary
Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Lou, Ying. Chih Patent attorney 20 years of IP experience M. S. (1990) and B. S. (1988) in electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University; 1) Drafting: 350 2) Filing: 11, 000+ 3) Analysis: 420 Chia-Hsing LIN Patent attorney 20 years of IP experience M. S. (1995) and B. S. (1993) in electrical engineering, National TW university of Science and Technology 1) For drafting: about 1 month 2) For filing: about 2 months 3) For analysis: about 1 month Chin Jo. Yun Patent attorney 12 years of IP experience. B. S. (2002) in communication engineering, National Chiao-Tung University Lo Audrey Patent attorney 8 years of IP experience. M. S. (2003) and B. S. (2001) in material science and engineering ASTRI Proprietary
Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Chiang, Ta. Chung Partner, Senior Attorney 28 years of legal experience LL. M. (1989) at Soochow University School of Law; LL. B. (1983) at National Taiwan University R. O. C. Commercial Arbitration Association 1) Drafting: 350 2) Filing: 11, 000+ 3) Analysis: 420 Huang, Dennis Partner, Senior Attorney 21 years of legal experience LL. M. (1999) at the University of Michigan Law School; LL. M. (1997) at National Cheng Chi University Graduate Law School; LL. B. (1989) at National Cheng Chi University 1) For drafting: about 1 month 2) For filing: about 2 months 3) For analysis: about 1 month Lu Guang Senior Attorney; Patent agent 15 years of legal experience. LL. B. (1998) at National Taiwan University Member of Taipei Bar Association and Hsinchu Bar Association Chen, Chu. Mei Attorney, Patent Attorney 23 years of legal experience. M. S. in Law (2004) at Taiwan Soo-Chow University and B. S. (1992) in Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan university ASTRI Proprietary
Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) N. A. Over 700 patent application on behalf of TSMC in US and TW N. A. Filed over 5, 200 patent applications on behalf of ASE in US, TW and CN International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Qualcomm N. A. Apple Inc. N. A. Filed over 11, 000 patent applications on behalf of Qualcomm in TW and CN Filed over 2, 000 patent applications on behalf of Apple in TW and CN Around 90 patent applications with ASTRI Proprietary
Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) • One of the largest IP firms in Shenzhen founded in 2002. • 8 China patent agents – 8 registered patent agents under China patent law – 4 patent agents trained under US law – Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days – Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days • Patent agent Survey Feedback – Shenzhen Truer handled PCT and Chinese applications for ASTRI. They are very responsive and provide us with documentation timely. Furthermore, most inventors are satisfied with their Chinese translation of the patent application. ASTRI Proprietary
Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Yaochun Jiang Patent attorney, lawyer-1996, Partner 19 years experience Optics, Electrical Appliances, Information technologies, Computer hardware and software, Position and Navigation Technologies, Consumer electronics, Mechanical devices, Medical devices No. of filing per year is around 285 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days Shangwei YU Patent agent 1985 30 years experience Mechanics, material, physics and electricity N. A. Zhenyu Wang Patent agent 2007 8 years experience Electronics, telecommunications, computer and mechanism ~100 Mr. Stone Patent agent 2012 3 years experience Electronics, communications, optics ~100 ASTRI Proprietary 2) Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days 60
Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Min YU Patent agent 2011 4 years experience Electronics, signal processing, computer hardware, communications ~70 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days Li LIU Patent agent 2010 5 years experience Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Mechanism, Biology and Medical Science ~90 2) Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days Honglong YANG Patent agent 2010 5 years experience Telecommunications, electronics, computer software ~100 Yanping FANG Patent agent 2014 1 years experience Mechanism, Materials, Electromechanical Control, Telecommunication N. A. ASTRI Proprietary 61
Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’d Clients list (for drafting & filing): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Res. Inst. of Tsinghua Univ. in Shenzhen Emerson Network Power Co. Ltd. Shenzhen Sunshine laser & electronics tech. Co. Ltd. BAK Netease Size of Technology Area Company Medium Large No. of patent/patent application (Total) All Network Power 434 382 Large Laser application Tech. 118 Large Battery Online game, system software 213 Large 10 International Company (5 examples) Name Mewburn Ellis (foreign IP firm) Size of Technology Area Company No. of patent/patent application (Total) Large All 383 RYUKA IP Law Firm (foreign IP firm) Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson (foreign IP firm) KNP International (foreign IP firm) Medium All 93 Medium All 33 Medium All 13 BEETZ & Partner Medium All 46 Around 590 with ASTRI Proprietary
Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’d Clients list (for analysis): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Emerson Network Power Co. Ltd. Large Network Power 44 Leaguer Micro. Electronics Large Netease Large Online game, system software 3 Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) RYUKA IP Law Firm (foreign IP firm) Medium Machines 2 FULBRIGHT & Jaworski LLP (foreign IP firm) Large Chemistry 3 STUDIO TORTA (foreign IP firm) Large Machines 1 6 International Company (5 examples) with ASTRI Proprietary Conducted patent analysis for ASTRI before
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