Dr. Liu has over a decade of experience counseling clients ranging from small start-ups to international Fortune 500 corporations in all aspects of patent law including U.S. and International patent preparation and prosecution, patentability and infringement opinions, freedom-to-operate, patent portfolio development and management, and contract and licensing review. He has extensive experience in the chemical-related arts, including compositions, materials, synthesis, and processing. In addition to the chemical-related arts, Dr. Liu has experience in other technologies and disciplines including oilfield technologies, nanotechnology (e.g., carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc.), smart materials, rotating machines (e.g., turbines, compressors, I/C engines, etc.), additive manufacturing (e.g., 3-D printing), software, waste heat and refrigeration systems, natural gas technologies (e.g., CNG, LNG, etc.), Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) technologies, and metallurgy.
Prior to joining MH2, Dr. Liu was an attorney with the law firm of Nolte Lackenbach Siegel in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Liu’s scientific background includes work in advanced materials including self-healing inorganic films for flexible electronics (e.g., OLEDs, solar cells, etc.), nitric oxide releasing smart bandages/fibers for the preservation of donor organs, conductive polymer fibers for solar cells/OLED applications, electrospinning of composite polymer fibers for photovoltaic applications, and electrospinning of proteins for bio-fuel cell applications. During his scientific career, he was selected as a finalist for the Collegiate Inventors Competition for his graduate work in nitric oxide releasing smart bandages. He later filed a patent application for the smart bandages, which issued as U.S. 9,216,198.