Practices

Patent prosecution and reexamination, litigation, freedom to operate, IP strategy, trademark and copyright

Technical fields

Chemical, mechanical, and elector-mechanical

Profile

Peter Guan is a registered patent attorney with over 25 years of experience in all phases of international and domestic patent matters. His practice includes patents, trademarks and copyrights. Peter's experience consists of patent and trademark preparation and prosecution before both the CNIPA and foreign patent and trademark offices in the chemical, mechanical, and elector-mechanical fields.

Peter spent a dozen of years with an engineering company before qualification. Much of his work at the company was with the corporate research lab, which allowed him to develop his professional skills. After that, Peter worked for a large IP law firm in Shanghai and later led a team providing IP services to a wide range of clients in various technologies, which allowed him to develop his skills further.

Peter enjoys the diversity of working for a range of clients from large enterprises to start-up companies. He also works closely with a large number of universities, and he has a particular interest in foreign filing and prosecution and providing support for clients in resolving IP disputes through enforcement or negotiated settlement.