Yvonne has over 15 years of experience in domestic and international patent applications and primarily handle patent cases in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. She specializes in drafting patent specifications, responding to office actions, and filing patent invalidation actions. In addition to patent prosecution, she also engaged in various patent infringement litigations, particularly in the pharmaceutical and biochemical sectors, representing several domestic generic drug manufacturers in patent disputes and pharmaceutical patent linkage matters against multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Degree
B.S. in Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
National Taiwan University (Law Courses)

Work Experience
Lee and Li attorneys-at-law (Patent Attorney)
Biobizlaw Inc. (Patent Engineer)
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Centor (Cord Blood Medical Technologist)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Specialization
She engages in domestic and international patent planning, application, and prosecution related to biotechnology, chemistry, materials, and stem cells, as well as patent invalidation proceedings, related administrative appeals, administrative litigation, and patent infringement litigation.

Tommy is a registered patent attorney with expertise in mechanical manufacturing, automation engineering, MEMS systems, semiconductors, automotive engineering, biochips, heat exchangers, power tools, fitness equipment, medical equipment, and wind power. He primarily assists international clients with a wide range of patent-related matters, including patent prosecution, patent search, responding to office actions, patent validity analysis, invalidation proceedings, infringement assessments, designing around strategies, third-party observations, freedom-to-operate analyses, etc. As an experienced patent attorney, Tommy efficiently addresses clients’ needs as they arise. He has also prepared legal opinions on potential patent infringements and validity for leading international companies. In addition, Tommy has broad experience with design-related issues and has provided analysis and strategic guidance to clients seeking to secure design patent rights in Taiwan and China. He is an active member of both the Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association (TWPAA) and Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA). Before pursuing a career in Intellectual Property, Tommy worked as an engineer at CTCI Corporation, where he primarily responsible for planning refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants, and waste incineration plants, as well as designing equipment such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, and furnaces.
 
Education
M.S. (Institute of Applied Mechanics), National Taiwan University
B.E. (Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering), National Taiwan University
 
Experience
Tai E International Patent & Law Office
CTCI Corporation
 

Author:
Dispute Regarding the Right to Apply for a Patent – Legal Insights from the 2023 Min Zhuan Su Zi No. 26 Civil Judgment, Giant Group Articles & Publications, July 2025.
A Probe into the Definition of Essential Technical Features of a Claim – The 2022 Xing Zhuan Su Zi No. 61 Judgment, Giant Group Articles & Publications, January 2025.
The Supreme Administrative Court Affirms Inventive Step of a Patent due to Unexpected Effects, Giant Group Articles & Publications, July 2024.
Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity, Taiwan Patent Attorneys Journal, April 2023.

Professional Associations
• TWPAA (2021~present)
• APAA (2022~present)

Public Affairs
• Registered as an agent ad litem in the official list maintained by the TWPAA
• Committee member, Invention Patent Committee of the TWPAA (2022~present)
• Committee member, Design Patent Committee of the TWPAA (2022~present)
• Committee member, American Affair Committee of the TWPAA (2025~present)
• Committee member, International Affair Committee of the TWPAA (2025~present)
• Proposal Committee Member of the Mechanical Group of the Third and Fourth National Intercollegiate Patent Search Competitions (Organizers: TWPAA, National Taiwan University, National Chung Hsing University, National Cheng Kung University)

Specialization 
Technical Expertise: Mechanical manufacturing, automation engineering, MEMS systems, semiconductors, automotive engineering, biochips, heat exchangers, power tools, fitness equipment, medical equipment, and wind power.

 

He is responsible for domestic and international patent-related work, including drafting patent specifications, rejection analysis and defense, patent retrieval, validity analysis, infringement comparisons, and translation of Chinese, English, and Japanese patent documents. He has extensive experience in a wide range of fields, including optics, opto-electronic systems, electronic circuits, biomedical chips and sensors, biophysics, semiconductor processes and instrument components, system integration, programming and analog computing, and law. He has also received factory level awards for developing automated process programs when working at TSMC, and he excels in combining cross-discipline technologies.
 
Education
Master's degree in Physics, National Taiwan University
Bachelor's degree in Physics, National Taiwan Normal University
Outstanding Students Award, Session 27 of Legal Credits Class, National Taiwan University

Experience
Patent attorney, Kuo, Chen & Partners

Speicialization
Optics, photovoltaics, opto-mechanical systems, mechatronics, electronic circuits, biomedical optoelectronics, biomedical wafers, biomedical sensing, biotechnology, biophysics, molecular biology, micro-nanoflow, semiconductor processes, semiconductor instruments and components, image processing, analog computing, programming, automated processes.
 

Experience
Taoyuan Branch, The Society of Wilderness
Taipei Branch, Legal Aid Foundation

Speicialization
Design patents, material science, labor law, patent Japanese