Attorney at Law & Patent Attorney

Practice Area
Patent Prosecution, Re-examination and Invalidation; Patent Litigation and Counseling

Technical Fields
Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry and Medical/Pharmaceutical Device

Professional Experiences
Dr. Wu focuses his Intellectual Property practice in patent related law. He is experienced in patent prosecution, re-examination, invalidation and litigation. He is also experienced in counseling clients on patent related issues, such as providing patent opinion and infringement analysis, assisting clients in technology transfer, designing and developing their global patent strategies.

Dr. Wu had many years of research & development experience in areas including molecular & cellular biology and neurobiology in Columbia University and Chinese Academy of Sciences before he started his law career.

Dr. Wu is an attorney at law admitted to the Massachusetts State Bar and a patent attorney register to practice before the United State Patent and Trademark Office, and had practiced in U.S. major law firms before joining China Sinda. 

Education
Columbia University, School of Law, New York, NY, USA
J.D., May, 2007 

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, January, 2004

Brain Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
M.S. in Neurobiology, January, 1998

Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
B.S. in Biology, July, 1994

Selected Conference Presentations and Publications
Li Wu et al. “Dual Regulation of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels by Phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-biphosphate,” Gordon Research Conference: Ion Channels, July 14-19, 2002, Tilton, NH, U.S. 

Li Wu et al. (2002) “Dual Regulation of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels by Phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-biphosphate,” Nature, 419:947-52.

Tao Lu, Li Wu et al. (2001) “Permeant Ion-dependent Changes in Gating of Kir2.1 Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels,” Journal of General Physiology, 118(5):509-22.

Bar Admissions
Massachusetts State Bar 
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Professional Activities
Member of American Biophysics Society (1999-2004) 
Member of Chinese Society for Neuroscience (1995-1998)