Lin Chen

Lin Chen is Associate with Maier and Maier. Prior to joining the firm, she had been a Chinese Patent Examiner for ten years in the Patent Examination Cooperation (Beijing) Center of the Patent Office, National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC (CNIPA formerly SIPO). During her patent examining experience, she conducted over 600 patents’ prior art search and sent out more than 1800 patent office actions for the patent applications in the area of optoelectronic functional materials (including photosensitive materials, light-emitting materials, liquid crystal materials, organic/inorganic semiconductor materials, etc.) and thin-film semi-conductor devices (including LED, LCD, and thin-film solar cells, etc.) thereof, chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceutical. She also completed almost 100 international search reports for international patent applications (PCT applications).

Lin Chen received her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Law double degree from the Beijing Normal University, where she majored in Applied Chemistry and completed a minor in Law. Then she earned her Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry & Physics from the Peking University, and her LL.M in Intellectual Property from the George Washington University Law School.

  • Education
    • The George Washington University Law School, LL.M. in Intellectual Property
    • Peking University, Ph. D. in Polymer Chemistry & Physics
    • Beijing Normal University, L.L.B. & B.S. in Applied Chemistry
  • Admission
    • New York State Bar
    • United States Patent Bar (Limited Recognition)
    • Chinese Bar (legal professional qualification certificate, pending for legal practice)
    • Chinese Patent Bar (registered to practice before the Patent Office, PRC)