Foreign Patent Attorney
Lihua XU
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Foreign Patent Attorney Lihua Xu practices in intellectual property matters relating to secondary batteries, advanced materials, and energy and environmental technologies. Leveraging her Ph.D. in Energy Engineering and prior experience at a research institute, Ms. Xu provides strategic advice on IP licensing, technology transfer, and portfolio management across a broad range of technical areas. Her expertise encompasses not only diverse materials and structures for secondary batteries, but also biomass-based fuel production, gasification, pyrolysis, and other renewable energy conversion processes and related facilities.
Education
| 2008 | Ajou University Graduate School – Ph.D. in Energy Engineering |
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| 2002 | Yanbian University Graduate School – M.S. in Organic chemistry |
| 1999 | Yanbian University – B.S. in Applied Chemistry |
Work Experience
| 2025-Present | Lee & Ko IP |
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| 2024-2025 | Mutual Patent Law Office |
| 2021-2024 | YOU ME Patent & Law Firm |
| 2021-2024 | Member, Siheung City Climate Change Countermeasure Committee |
| 2020-2021 | MYUNGRYUN IP & Law Firm |
| 2019-Present | Chair, International Academic Committee, Korean Society of Environmental & Energy Engineers |
| 2015-Present | Chair, International Affairs, Korea Association of Waste to Energy Technology |
| 2015-2020 | Ajou University |
| 2013-2019 | Chair, International Committee, Korea Society of Energy & Climate Change |
| 2008-2013 | Institute for Advanced Engineering |
| 2002-2004 | Yanbian University (China) |
Languages
| Chinese, Korean, and English |
Awards & Recognitions
| 2022 | Meritorious Service Award, Korean Society of Environmental & Energy Engineers |
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| 2016 | Next-Generation Technology Award, Korea Association of Waste to Energy Technology |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- The Status of Plastic Waste Industrial in China, J. of Environmental & Energy Engineering (2021)
- Influence of phosphorus on ash fouling deposition of hydrothermal carbonization sewage sludge fuel via drop tube furnace combustion experiments, Journal of the Energy Institute (2020)
- Impact of single metal oxide and coal ash on secondary ultrafine particle generation through SO2 and NO2 heterogeneous reaction, J. of Environmental & Energy Engineering (2020)
- The Status of Renewable Energy Development and Policy in China, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2019)
- Current Status of China's Biomass Power Generation Industry, J. of Environmental & Energy Engineering (2019)
- The Status of Air Pollutant Emissions and Policy in China, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2018)
- Relationship between chemical components and coal ash deposition through the DTF experiments using real-time weight measurement system, Fuel Processing Technology (2017)
- Application of eggshell as catalyst for low rank coal gasification: Experimental and kinetic studies, Journal of the Energy Institute (2017)
- Influence of Wet Torrefaction Pretreatment on Gasification of Larch Wood and Corn Stalk, Energy & Fuels (2017)
- A study on the direct catalytic steam gasification of coal for the bench-scale system, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2017)
- Relationship between chemical components and coal ash deposition through the DTF experiments using real-time weight measurement system, Fuel Processing Technology (2017)
- Comparison of catalytic pyrolysis and gasification of Indonesian low rank coals using lab-scale bubble fluidized-bed reactor, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2017)
- The Status of Hydrogen Production Industry and Policy in China, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2017)
- Performance study of pyrolysis of Indonesian low rank coal using a thermogravimetric analyzer and bubble fluidized-bed reactor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (2016)
- Effect of mineral components on sintering of ash particles at low temperature fouling conditions, Fuel Processing Technology (2016)
- The Status of Coal to Synthetic Fuel Industry in China, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2015)
- The Status of Coal Chemical Industry in China, Applied Chemistry for Engineering (2014)
- Study on deposition tendency of coal ash under various gasification environments through DTF, Fuel 117 part. B (2014)
- Prediction of coal fouling using an alternative index under the gasification condition, Applied Energy (2013)
- The drying kinetics of Indonesian low rank coal (IBC) using a lab scale fixed-bed reactor and thermobalance to apply catalytic gasification process, Renewable Energy (2013)
- Coal fouling characteristic to deposit probe with different temperatures under the gasification condition, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2012)
- Characteristics of Products and Pollutants of Rice Husk Gasification in Carbide Production Condition, Journal of Korea Society of Waste Management (2011)
- Design of CO2 Membrane Vacuum Stripper System, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2011)
- Basic Design Package Development for Plastic Waste Pyrolysis System and Numerical Analysis for the Scale-up Design of Pyrolysis Reactor, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2011)
- Characteristics of Products and Pollutants of Rice Husk Gasification in Carbide Production Condition, JOURNAL OF KOREA SOCIETY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT (2011)
- Characterization of CO2 Separation in Landfill Gas by Using Adsorbent, Korean Industrial Chemistry (2009)
- Characterization of CO2 Adsorption Separation in Syngas from Waste Gasification, Journal of The Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy (2009)
- Determination of fouling characteristics of various coals under gasification condition, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2009).
- Characterization of CO2 Adsorption Separation in Syngas from Waste Gasification, JOURNAL OF KOREA SOCIETY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT (2009)
- Evaluation of Chemical Pre-treatment for the Optimization of CO2 Fixation Using by Carbonation Reaction with Serpentine, Appl. Chem. Eng (2008)
- Analysis of CO2 Adsorption Characteristic of Differently Manufactured Zeolite 13X, Journal of Energy&Climate Change (2008)
- Development of a Fouling Index to Characterize Low‑Temperature Slagging Behavior of Ash Components in IGCC Gasifier (PhD thesis, 2008)
