Chief lawyer Xu Xinming was successful in declaring invalidation of the patent right for the “cotton thermal insulation system”

On April 17, 2014, Han Chungui, the owner of patent number ZL200610009709.3 for “cotton thermal insulation system” with a total of 9 claims complained to the Beijing Intellectual Property Office accusing Beijing Xinshijiye Spray-Applied Thermal and Acoustic Insulation Co., Ltd (“Xinshijiye Company”) of infringing the above patent. Xinshijiye Company retained Xu Xinming, the Chief Lawyer of the China Intellectual Property Lawyers Net (www.ciplawyer.com), to act on its behalf. 

On April 30, 2014, Chief Lawyer Xu Xinming acting for Xinshijiye Company, requested to the Patent Reexamination Board to declare above 9 claims to be invalid. On May 23, 2014, Chief Lawyer Xu Xinming acted for Xinshijiye Company in the oral hearing of the above patent infringement case held at the Beijing Intellectual Property Office. 

On May 29, 2014, Chief Lawyer Xu Xinming , acting on behalf of Xinshijiye Company, submitted a formal statement of facts and reasons to the Patent Reexamination Board. On September 16, 2014, Chief Lawyer Xu Xinming attended the oral hearing for the above patent invalidation case held at the Patent Reexamination Board. 

On August 1, 2014 , Beijing Intellectual Property Office issued decision number (2014) 801-15 confirming that Xinshijiye Company did not infringe the above patent and rejected the claimant’s request. On October 20, 2014, the Patent Reexamination Board handed down its written decision, number: 24246, declaring the above 9 claims to be invalid. Xinshijiye Company represented by Chief Lawyer Xu Xinming won the case against the opponent.