Lin Zhuo
EDUCATION
Georgetown University Law Center, DC 2007-2009
LLMDecember 2010
YaleUniversity, New Haven, CT
Ph.D., M.Phil., in Mechanical EngineeringDecember 2005
M.S. in Mechanical EngineeringDecember 2000
TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing, China
Bachelor of LawJune 1999
Bachelor of Economics June 1998
Bachelor of EngineeringJune 1998
BAR ADMISSION
China Patent BarDecember 2011
USPatent Bar February 2009
ChinaSeptember 1999
LAW EXPERIENCE
China Trademark And Patent Law Office
Patent Attorney, Attorney at LawBeijing, China 6/2014-
client development, responsibility including identifying potential clients, contacting the clients through mails and/or phones, visiting them, and maintaining relationship
prosecuting patent applications
supervising and coordinating translators and junior attorneys
FTO search; IPlitigation
IP strategy
Patent mining and portfolio
Enterprise IP management system
Patentinformation analysis
CCPIT
Patent Attorney Beijing, China 12/2010-12/2013
prosecuted Chinese and international patents involving a variety of semiconductor, mechanical, and electrical technologies, such as LCDs, lasers, CD and DVD readers and writers, computer memories, optical storage media, camera, batteries, wireless communication device; clients including SONY, IBM, Siemens, and etc.
client development
FTO search; IPlitigation
Liu Shen & Associate(left the firm for education)
Patent Attorney Beijing, China 11/2009-10/2010
prosecuted Chinese and international patents
client development
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Patent AgentWashington, DC9/2008- 8/2009
prosecuted U.S. and international patents involving a variety of mechanical and electrical technologies; the patent I prosecuted include: semiconductor device (such as FET (field-effect transistors)); speakers; image processing system; signal processing system; consumer products (such as printers, cameras); fuel cell; electroless plating; lifting aircraft, and etc.; clients including SONY, Toshiba, Toyota, and etc.
assisted clients to develop IP policiesand strategies;
due diligence for IP licensing;
assistedpartners with client develop in Great China Area.
YaleUniversity
Student Associate of Yale IP Office1/2000-12/2003
assistedYale IP office in selecting inventions for patent filing; helpedscientists and
engineers prepare filing materials.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
YaleUniversity, New Haven, CT
Postgraduate Research Scientist 1/2006-8/2007
Measured diffusion coefficients of alkanes in oil with techniques like laser beams and thermogravitational column; constructed mathematical models to predict stratification in oil reservoir.
Research Assistant9/1999-12/2005
Computer simulation of nucleation (Ph.D. Thesis)
Simulated phase transition processes to understand the mechanism behind fog, rain, and etc.
Exxon-Mobil project
Detected possible techniques for Exxon-Mobil to ease oil pipeline clogging.
Nucleation and Growth in Polymer Solution
Designed and implemented a mathematical model to calculate the process of the nucleation and growth in polymer solution, which produces widely used polymer foams.
Teaching Assistant
I. Introduction to Material Science and Engineering 1/2001-6/2001
II. Materials Mechanics 9/2004-12/2004
Grading homework and exams; led discussion sessions
SELECTED PULICATION
Binary to unary transition problem in nucleation theory, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 104506(2006)
New Thermal Diffusion Coefficient Measurements for Hydrocarbon Binary Mixtures: Viscosity and Composition Dependency,J.Phys.Chem.B, 112(20), 6442 (2008)