Bing Ai
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Post-Grant Practice
Published scientist and patent attorney Bing helps his clients protect their most valuable ideas.
A physicist by training, Bing Ai brings more than 25 years of experience in patent procurement, patent strategies, and patent portfolio management in a wide range of technologies, including 3G, LTE/4G, and 5G wireless standard essential patents, and other technical standards. He represents clients in patent disputes, and conducts freedom to operate analyses, patent validity analyses, and infringement analyses. Bing assists clients in patent litigation at district courts and the International Trade Commission.
Bing's active patent post-grant trials practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office includes inter partes and post-grant reviews. He is the named lead or backup counsel in more than 130 PTAB trial proceedings. Bing performs patent due diligence for patent licenses, patent portfolio sales, corporate financing, investments, and mergers and acquisitions. His extensive experience includes patent reexamination, reissue, and other post-issuance proceedings.
With an emphasis on technology companies, Bing works with companies ranging from multinational corporations to midsized companies and startups; he also represents universities and research institutes.
Bing is a contributing author to Anatomy of a Patent Case (Third Edition) published by the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is on the steering committee of the U.S. division of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) under the American Intellectual Property Law Association and is the China subcommittee chair of the AIPPI U.S. group. Bing is a frequent speaker at seminars and lectures on U.S. and international patent issues.
Prior to attending law school, Bing conducted research and development work in laser physics, nonlinear optics, and atomic spectroscopy. He published research articles in scientific journals such as Nature, Optics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, and Journal of the Optical Society of America.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2002
- University of Southern California, Ph.D., Physics, 1995
- Peking University, B.S., Physics, 1985
Bar and Court Admissions
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美国加利福尼亚州
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美国专利商标局
Related Employment
- Fish & Richardson, P.C., Partner, 2005-2010; Associate, 2002-2005; Technology Specialist, 1996-2002
Additional Languages
- Chinese - Mandarin
Professional Recognition
Listed in Chambers USA "America's Leading Lawyers" for Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution, 2022-2024
Named the Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" for Patent Law, 2021
Recommended in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, 2015-2024; National: Post-Grant, 2018-2024
Best Lawyers in America: Patent Law, 2016-2024
“Top Attorneys in the PTAB” in the U.S. patent litigation reports of “Year In Review” in 2015 and 2014 by Docket Navigator
Top Attorney (Intellectual Property Transactional) in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript, 2009-2013, 2015; San Diego Top Attorney Emeritus in 2014
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Member of Steering Committee and Chair of China Subcommittee, U.S. Division of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) under American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
