18 October 2024China PRC Patents Rankings 2024

AFD China Intellectual Property Law Office

Firm overview:

AFD China Intellectual Property is a Beijing IP firm with a client-supporting team in Washington, USA. Founded in 2002, AFD China provides services in China to clients worldwide in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and domain names.

AFD China features highly among IP firms in the statistics of the annual filings of Chinese invention patent applications, Patent Cooperation Treaty  international applications and overseas patent filings for domestic clients. The firm’s patent practice works across filings, reexaminations, invalidations, search and enforcement relevant to patents in China, Taiwan, the US, Europe and other countries.

AFD China has established and working relationships with in-house counsel at large corporations and works with an established network of leading intellectual property firms in other regions of the world to assist Chinese inventors and entities in filing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications and enforcing their IP rights abroad.

Team overview:

AFD China has 96 principals and patent attorneys and 30 patent engineers combining experience in IP services and technical background covering all the main technical fields.