Handong Ran

Qualification:

• Chartered Patent Attorney

• European Patent Attorney

• Chief Representative, China

• MSc degrees in Electronics Engineering and Management of Intellectual Property, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London

• BSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Overview:

Handong previously worked as an IT analyst at IBM China and a research assistant in Institute of Cell and Molecular Science at Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London.

Handong joined Maucher Jenkins in 2006 and qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney in 2010. Handong is also a qualified Chinese patent attorney and attorney-at-law. He handles patent applications mainly in the fields of telecommunications, computer hardware, software, and electronics.

Handong set up a Beijing Office for Maucher Jenkins in 2011 and a Shenzhen Office in 2019.

Interests outside work:

In his spare time, Handong enjoys rock climbing and swimming.

Publications:

‘Patenting Software in China’ (Article in Lawyer Issue).

Co-author of ‘Blue book on IP for Automotive Industry’ (Chinese).