Binqiang Liu

14 Academy Street, Concord, NH 03301

Phone: (603) 290-1028
Email: binqiang.liu@law.unh.edu

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
* Deep knowledge within the field of Intellectual Property, including examination, search and
analysis of patents
* Solid experience as a patent examiner at SIPO (Chinas Patent Office)
* Successfully completed 10+ research projects on patent examination, search, analysis and
intellectual property policy
* Recognized for exemplary teamwork spirit and leadership capability
* Extensive personal network of patent examiners, IP scholars, judicial experts and other
practitioners in the American and Chinese patent communities
PATENT EXPERIENCE
Apr. 2006 to State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), Beijing, China
Jul. 2013
Title: Patent Examiner
Patent examination: searched for prior arts, evaluated patentability, wrote
office notices, and granted/rejected applications (mainly in mechanical field)
Research projects: patent policy study, patent examination 5-year plan
research, automobile industry patent analysis project, patent examiner career
development study, evidentiary study in patent examination procedure, patent
search study of PSSS (SIPO internal search system), and independent research
programs
Others: processed patent data, trained patent examiners on patent search and
analysis, spoke on patent related topics including patent search and analysis,
patent market, patent policy (antitrust and innovation) and NPEs
(non-practicing entities)
EDUCATION
University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH

LLM in IP, May 2014

China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China

Post-Graduate Diploma in Chinese Civil and Commercial Law, Sept. 2009 - Mar. 2012
Xi'an University of Technology, Shaanxi, China

M.S., April 2006

Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart, Germany

Visiting Scholar focused on Holographic Paper Quality Evaluation research, Mar.-May 2005
Jiang Nan University, Jiangsu, China

B.S., July 2003

LANGUAGES
Chinese (Mandarin) : mother language ; English : fluent
AWARDS
Graduate Student Award, UNH Law, 2014
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Award of Superior Excellence in Patent Examination, SIPO, 2013
Two-time winner of Excellent Contribution Certificate, SIPO, 2012
Certificate of Individual Excellence in Information System Construction, SIPO, 2010
SELECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PUBLICATIONS
Binqiang Liu, China Utility Model Patent: Trash or Treasure - A Data-Based Analysis, IDEA:
The Intellectual Property Law Review, Volume 54, No. 2, 2014.
Binqiang Liu, NPEs: antitrust challenge, JOURNAL OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND LAW,
2013(8).
Binqiang Liu, et al., Who is the Better Dancer on the Patent Stage? (Serial 1 & 2),
ELECTRONIC IP MAGAZINE, CHINA, 2012(5)/(8).
Binqiang Liu, et al., Empirical Study of Intellectual Ventures Based on Patent Data, CHINA
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAGAZINE, 2012(4).
SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1) Mining the treasures for competence: Human Resource & Technology, using patent
information, PIUG 2014 Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA, Apr. 28, 2014
2) Patent Databases Available from SIPO with a Focus on Searching China Medicine Patents,
PIUG 2014 Biotechnology Conference, Cambridge, MA, Feb. 25, 2014
3) China Utility Model Patent: Trash or Treasure - a data based analysis, PIUG 2013
Northeast Conference, New Jersey, Oct. 1, 2013
4) NPE: introduction and dealing strategies, Seminar on Patent Strategy and Patent Analysis
in the Flat-panel Industry, held by China Optics and Optoelectronics Manufacturers
Association (COEMA), Beijing, China, Jul. 24, 2013
5) NPEs: antitrust challenge, Symposium on Competition and Innovation: Antitrust Policy in
the Intellectual Property Field, co-held by Peking University School of Law and Beijing No.1
Intermediate Peoples Court, Beijing, China, Apr. 28, 2013
6) GUI Protection: a US patent data based analysis, The 6th International Conference on
Intellectual Property Protection of High Technology: Industrial Design Protection of
Graphical User Interface of Electronic Products, co-held by the Research Center for
Intellectual Property Law of Tsinghua University School of Law & Franklin Pierce Law
Center of UNH School of Law, Beijing, China, Apr. 25, 2012
7) Enhancing the patent market liquidity: a challenging task for patent service industry, The
2012 China Patent Agents Association Annual Conference, held by All-China Patent Agents
Association (ACPAA), Beijing, China, Mar. 30, 2012
Making traditional medicine work by deploying patent portfolio strategy (Date of publication: 2013/11/20)

MEMBERSHIP
School Membership Status
Governor, Graduate Program (GP); Board Member, Student Bar Association (SBA); Member, Student
Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA)
Social Membership Status
Member: ABA, AIPLA, FBA, LES (UNH Law Chapter Board Member)*, PIAC China and PIUG US
* having organized two LES events on campus (http://goo.gl/dQOqKy and http://goo.gl/HEtBNF)

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ABA (American Bar Association), AIPLA (American Intellectual

Property Law Association), FBA (Federal Bar Association), INTA (International Trademark
Association), LES (Licensing Executive Society), PIUG (Patent Information User Group)

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UNH Law LES Chapter

http://goo.gl/dQOqKy
http://goo.gl/HEtBNF

1* 2011(1)
2* 2011(6)
3* *2011(6)
4IV* 2012(4)
5* 2012(5)
6(/)* 2012(5/8)
7 2012(8)
8NPE NPE * 2013(3)
9NPEs* 2013(4)
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http://iprchn.com/Index_NewsContent.aspx?newsId=62353
2NPE
http://iprchn.com/Index_NewsContent.aspx?NewsId=65434
3
http://www.cneip.org.cn/emphasisshow.aspx?CateID=19&ArticleID=7765
4
http://www.iprchn.com/Index_NewsContent.aspx?newsId=66873
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http://www.cipnews.com.cn/showArticle.asp?Articleid=30393

Google SSRN
http://goo.gl/Mwckn0 ()
http://goo.gl/E3LA4E ()
http://goo.gl/8XKVmM ()
http://ssrn.com/author=1303121 (SSRN.COM)

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