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Hsu Min
Chung

Partner & Patent Attorney

London Office Oxford Office

Chemistry

Telephone. +44(0) 207 776 5100
Email. [email protected]
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Our team of specialist European patent litigators, oppositions specialists and patent attorneys bring together an extensive depth of legal and technical knowledge and are qualified to represent you in the UPC.
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Experience

Hsu Min specialises in patents in the fields of chemistry, material science and pharmaceuticals. Her experience includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a wide range of technologies, including those relating to pharmaceuticals, catalytic processes, household products, electrochemistry, medical devices and polymers.

Hsu Min has a wealth of experience in European Oppositions and Appeals and regularly represents clients at Oral proceedings at the European Patent Office. She manages substantial patent portfolios and regularly provides clients with opinions on their freedom-to-operate in the light of third party rights. She works for a variety of clients including universities, start-ups and multi-national corporations.

Hsu Min has a First Class Masters’ Degree in Chemistry from Oxford University. She started in the patent profession in private practice in 1996, before joining the in-house patent department of a FTSE 100 multinational Oil & Gas company. She joined HGF as a Partner in 2011, having been a Partner at another major patent firm.

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Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

MCHEM

First Class Masters' Degree in Chemistry (University of Oxford)

Recognition

IAM 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals

IAM Strategy 300 - The World's Leading IP Strategists

Publications

UPC’s Hamburg Local Division provides guidance on the extent to which a patent may be used as its own “lexicon”

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UPC delivers first judgment on Validity and Infringement of a Second Medical Use Claim

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Managing Intellectual Property practitioner rankings – IP Stars 2025

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HGF receives exceptional results in IAM Patent 1000 rankings 2025

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WIPR Leaders 2025

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T 0295/22: EPO Technical Board of Appeal relies on “bonus effect” case law to find Amgen’s patent to orally administered apremilast lacking in inventive step

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Can the Chancellor’s so-called “Europe’s Silicon Valley” really replicate the innovative activity of its namesake?

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UPC’s CFI (Milan) extends deadline to file defence to infringement claim to align with parallel EPO appeal proceedings

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Polymorphs: Clearing the Inventive Step Hurdle at the European Patent Office (EPO)

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UPC Court of Appeal clarifies approach for interpreting claims with “obvious” errors

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With the EPO and UPC adopting different frameworks for inventive step, is there potential for conflicting decisions?

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Paris Central Division of the UPC has provided guidance on what constitutes common general knowledge (“CGK”)

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UPC Court of Appeal Remits Meril’s request to stay infringement proceedings pending the outcome of EPO opposition

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Central Division takes pragmatic approach to late-filed submissions and revokes VMR’s patent for lack of inventive step

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G2/24: A new referral to the Enlarged Board seeks to clarify whether a third party who intervened during appeal proceedings can acquire full appellant status

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Edwards v Meril confirms UPC’s jurisdiction over acts of infringement before the court came into force

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Njoy v Juul finds the patent's underlying problem despite no mention of the problem in the specification

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Prospect of successful attempt at “Gilette Defence” fizzles out in SodaStream v Aarke with Aarke found to infringe SodaStream’s patent

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IAM Strategy 300 2024

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IAM Patent 1000 2024

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Managing Intellectual Property firm rankings - IP Stars 2024

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Happy World IP Day!

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The latest update on G1/22 & G2/22

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Leader's League Rankings 2023

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IP Stars 2023

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Gender diversity at the UPC

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IAM Patent 1000 2022

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IAM Strategy 300 2021

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UK - Billion pound support package for innovative firms hit by coronavirus

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Conferences: 2022

10th May 2022

The HGF IP in Healthcare Conference 2022

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Conferences: 2020

21-09-2020

2020 IPO Annual Meeting

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CSR

Hsu Min has given seminars about various aspects of intellectual property to students and academics at her local university. For example, she has presented at Fellowship Programmes for Entrepreneurs.

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