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2 Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG)Founded in 2003 and core strength is patent preparation, prosecution, analysis and management in a variety technology areas relevant to ASTRI. Has 12 seasoned attorneys/agents and 4 other legal service professionals. Was selected as an ASTRI IP service provider since 2007. Has prepared and/or reviewed 46 patent applications for ASTRI, wherein 31 issued, 9 abandoned, and 6 pending. Has prepared analysis of 5-10 patents with ASTRI.

3 Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Howard A. Skaist Partner 23+ years of patent/IP law experience Diverse technology experience related to ASTRI 1) patent application; 2) office action responses; 3) About 1000 of US patent analysis 1) For patent application: 2.5 months. 2) For office action responses: 1.5 months 3) For analysis: at least 1 week; depends on type and takes longer if a file history needs to be ordered by mail Paul Nagy US Patent attorney-1994 21+ years of experience as a patent attorney Computer hardware and software, internet, semiconductor, communications and general electronics related Ted Karr US Patent attorney-2001 Partner 15+ years of experience as a licensing/IP attorney Calvin E. Wells US Patent attorney-1998 15+ years of experience as a patent attorney Electrical and computer arts, chipset and graphics/video matters, microprocessor architecture, semiconductor device fabrication, software, and electronic device interconnect and data signaling technologies Benjamin Hoopes US Patent Attorney 5+ years of experience as a patent attorney Electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software

4 Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP (BLTG) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nike Corporation Fortune 500 Clothing, sports equipment, electronic devices, smart clothing N.A. Yahoo! Inc. Search, mobile, advertising, user interface Over 100 of patent applications ARM Limited Large entity Semiconductors About 10 patent applications International Company (5 examples) ASTRI Small entity Research 46 patents Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Automotive engines and engine components 20 US patent applications Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. Medium entity LED 2 patent applications with ASTRI ASTRI’s patents: 31 issued; 9 abandoned; and 6 pending. Analysis of 5-10 patents

5 Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) USBGL has more than 135 attorneys, patent agents and scientific advisors. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Peter Nichols Shareholder 25 years of experience with about 6 years of litigation experience and 19 years of prosecution, analysis, and counseling experience. He has worked in telecommunication, computer, mobile communication devices, mobile medical devices, etc. Draft and file about 12 applications per year. File about 80 previously prepared over 100 applications per year About 3 months Kent Genin 22 years experience in both prosecution and litigation relating to telecommunications systems, memory devices, software, business methods, medical devices, automotive technology, and manufacturing equipment. About 30

6 Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Sid Bennett Scientific Advisor and Patent Agent 12 years as a patent agent preparing and prosecuting US and international patent applications relating to electrical, electronics, electro-optics, fiber optics, communications systems, computer memory systems, medical electronics and metamaterials, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, physics and complex systems patents. About 24 About 3 months Michael Hussey Associate 8 years of experience in prosecuting software and hardware, such as computer networking, data storage, telecommunications, voice-over IP, lighting control systems, internet-based solutions, electronic circuitry and business methods applications. About 30

7 Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (analysis): Name Title Description No. of analysis per year Average process lead time of analysis Peter Nichols Shareholder 25 years of experience with about 6 years of litigation experience and 19 years of prosecution, analysis, and counseling experience. He has worked in telecommunication, computer, mobile communication devices, mobile medical devices, etc. He analyzed over 24 patents/applications relating to auto-focus camera technology with ASTRI. About 6 About 2-4 weeks in average depending on the complexity of subject matter, the no. of patents/applications to be analyzed and client’s request, etc. Robert Mallin 25 years experience as a litigator including electromechanical inventions, mechanical inventions, chemical processing, medical devices, computer chips, metallurgical processing, the automotive industry, biotechnology and software. About 4-6

8 Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) US: Morton Salt; Amway N.A. International Company (5 examples) Lenovo; BHP Billiton; and Trinseo with ASTRI

9 Brinks Gilson & Lione (BGL) US - Cont’dClients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Small private company N.A. Medical waste About 25 Multinational company Chemical About 50 Global company Medical products and technologies 3 International Company (5 examples) Confidential company Drug 2 Resource Over 70 Tool manufacturing Over 50 opinions with ASTRI Analyzed over 24 patents/applications relating to auto-focus camera technology

10 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office)Fulbright in total has 95 staff practicing IP, including 52 patent attorneys, 5 registered patent agents and 2 technical advisors. Filed 102 US patent applications and 30 foreign patent applications with ASTRI since 2002. Received “Very Good” feedback on the quality of patent document.

11 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis R. Ross Viguet Partner, patent attorney-1996 22 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, telephony, computer systems, electronic security, electronic commerce, semiconductor devices, as well as technology licensing, reexamination and opposition, practice and diligence and opinion work. 1) On average, 900 US applications and 900 foreign applications per year. 2) N.A. 1) About 1-3 months. Nathan Rees Senior Associate, patent attorney-2007 8 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, telephony, computer systems, electronic commerce, semiconductor devices, medical devices Wayne Livingstone Senior Associate, Patent attorney-2006 9 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include Chemicals, petroleum, medical devices, electrical and medical devices

12 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Joni Seeley Associate, patent attorney-2008 11 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, streaming media, voice recognition software (began with the firm as a scientific advisor, later becoming a patent agent and then an attorney) 1) On average, 900 US applications and 900 foreign applications per year. 2) N.A. 1) About 1-3 months. Genie Tu Counsel, patent attorney-2009 3 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, software, electronic devices, oil drilling and production Allan Braxdale Associate, patent attorney-2010 3 years of IP experience. Areas of expertise include wireless communications, electrical circuits, memory devices, networks, processors, aeronautical control and navigation systems, data communications Juan Vasquez Associate, 2013 3 years of IP experience.

13 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Qualcomm N.A. Cellular communications, multimedia delivery, portable device user interface, integrated circuit packing, data and coding and storage array Netgear Wireless network, communications protocols Stamp.com Internet commerce, crytography, web server systems, postal item packaging, fraud detection and avoidance Taqua Small cell and fetocell devices, network convergence server technology, subscriber database record management University of Utah Electrode arrays, nanoelectromechanical devices, medical devices, data telemetry, frequency

14 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Dallas office) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) CSR N.A. Integrated circuit design, radio circuitry, consumer device electronics with ASTRI Since 2002, filed 102 US patent applications; 30 foreign patent applications; and conducted patent analysis for ASTRI before

15 gPatent LLC (near Silicon Valley)83% gPatent Allowance Rate vs. 54% US average. First-Action Allowances (no prosecution) First-action allowances account for 40% of his patents. Another 28% have some claims allowed on the first office action. Two-thirds of his patents have little or no prosecution. Received “Very Good” feedback on the quality of patent document.

16 gPatent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Stuart T. Auvinen Solo practitioner and US patent agent US patent agent since 1993 (22 years) BS Chemical Engineering 1984 U.C. Berkeley, MS Electrical Engineering 1988 Stanford University A former IC design engineer (1984 ~ 1993) for Chips & Technologies, AMD, Monolithic Memories, and IBM Area of practices: Circuits, Computers, Software 1) Written over 490 US patents 2) Average 15~40 patents per year 3) N.A. for no. of analysis 1) Typically require 1~3 weeks from receiving the quote to delivery of the first draft; 2) Total time from drafting to filing is 3~8 weeks for at least 80% of his patent filings; and 3) A rush patent for ASTRI in Jun 2009 completed in less than one week 4) N.A. for analysis

17 gPatent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) NeoMagic Corp. N.A. Graphics & Logic Chips 50+ Pericom Semiconductor Circuits 100+ International Company (5 examples) BIT Microsystems, BrightLink Networks, Recipio, Eferrals.com, LSI Logic, etc. with ASTRI Drafted and filed over 50 patents for ASTRI in the last 8 years, 37 issued

18 gPatent LLC (near Silicon Valley) - Cont’dClients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) N.A. International Company (5 examples) with ASTRI

19 Stein IP (US) Stein IP is a full service intellectual property law firm with an emphasis on intellectual property creation and maximization. They create and protect intellectual property portfolios, and defend against and determine ways for their clients to avoid infringement of all forms of IP. 9 patent attorneys / agents in US. Michael Stein worked in USPTO before. He has been actively involved in the preparation and prosecution of US patent applications. He has presented a number of seminars in Asia on relevant patent, trademark and copyright issues.

20 Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Michael Stein Partner, US patent attorney 23 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 15 applications per year 3 weeks 2 weeks for analysis Martin P. Hoffman US patent attorney 45 years experience Mechanical Engineering 5 applications per year 2 weeks Joseph J. Zito 33 years experience Physics 4 applications per year Geoffrey Karny 25 years experience Biochemistry 18 applications per year Alan M. Ehrlich 24 years experience Chemistry 8 applications per year

21 Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Glenna Hendricks US patent attorney 20 years experience Biochemistry 8 applications per year 1 week 1 week for analysis Sinai Yarus US patent agent 16 years experience 15 applications per year 2 weeks for analysis Sungyeop Chung 14 years experience Physics 6 applications per year Nathan Cristler 10 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 14 applications per year 3 weeks 3 weeks for analysis

22 Stein IP (US) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Winton Machine N.A. 20 Hughes Network systems – Satellite technology 5 United States Navy – military technology 15 United States Environmental Protection Agency Epilady 2000 LLC 29 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Kyocera N.A. 150 Denki Kaaku Kogyo 100 Suzuki Motors 50 Shenzhen China Star 110 Optoelectronics Technologies SK Planet 45 with ASTRI

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24 Barron & Young (HK) Established in 2006Has 1 US patent agent and 3 China patent agents. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Charles Ho US and China Patent Attorney 14 years of experience Engineering, Software and Electronics 1) Drafting: ~50 per year 2) Filing: ~250 filed in US and ~200 filed in China 3) Analysis: ~20 per year 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 2-3 weeks 2) Average lead time of analysis: 2-3 weeks Patrick Song China Patent Agent 8 years of experience Ethan Huang 6 years of experience Biotechnology Wing Yan Wong Patent Engineer 5 years of experience Chemistry

25 Barron & Young (HK) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Sengital Ltd. N.A. Offer solution in product development, embedded systems and application software filed ~30 patents in CN, HK, US and UK SAE Magnetics Ltd. Largest manufacturer of magnetic recording heads for hard disk drivers filed over 40 patents in CN, US and JP Sunming Tech. Optical related products filed ~26 patents in US, EU and CN Solomon Systech Ltd a leading semiconductor company filed ~13 patents in US, CN and TW Megabyte Ltd. offer RFID hardware devices filed ~60 patents and ~80 designs in HK, CN, US, EU, TW, AU and SG International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Broadcom Corp. N.A. one of largest "fabless" semiconductor companies filed ~780 patents in HK BGI Shenzhen largest genomics organization filed ~50 patents in HK MIT US university filed ~10 patents in CN , HK ZTE leading provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions filed ~30 patents in HK Sony Leading manufacturer of electronic products filed ~10 patents in HK with ASTRI

26 Barron & Young (HK) - Cont’dClients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent analysis Goodway Electrical Co. N.A. A leading company for small household appliance Conducted patent searches in US, EU, CN Fu Hong Industries Ltd. Specialized in baby products Provided validity opinion on client’s EU and HK patents NAMI R&D center in HK Conducted prior-art searches GEAN Tech. Co. Ltd. The developer of the world’s first Filament LED International Company (5 examples) Lifetrons International Ltd. A Switzerland-based company providing original, ultra-small electronics and accessories for refined travelers Conducted infringement for their products with ASTRI

27 Deacons (HK) The Hong Kong office has 190 local lawyers and attorneys, including 53 partners, and support staff of about 350. Has the largest patent practice and greatest number of qualified Patent Attorneys of all Hong Kong law firms, and is rated as HK’s leading law firm for both patent prosecution and patent litigation. The IP department has a staff of over 100, including 7 Partners (lawyers); 27 associates (lawyers); 7 Patent Attorneys; 1 Trainee Patent Attorneys. Deacons has been serving ASTRI before.

28 Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Catherine Zheng Partner 15 years of IP experience. Catherine advises on all aspects of PRC IP including complex IP litigation and enforcement, cross-border patent infringement and invalidation actions, trade mark, copyright, trade secrets and domain name protection, IP portfolio management and commercial IP. 1) No. of drafting is 15-20; No. of filing is 150. 2) No. of analysis is 8-10 per year 1) 3-5 weeks depending on the extent of disclose, nature of technology, responsiveness of inventors to enquires, and other workload. 2) 3-5 weeks Jeffrey McLean Patent Attorney (AU) 14 years of IP experience. Jeffrey has technical competency in software and information technology, more than 10 years experience in drafting patent applications, advising on patent filing strategies, advising upon infringement, validity and freedom-to-use, strategic use of patents and all aspects of patent portfolio management.

29 Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Shuwei Tang Patent Attorney (CN) 9 years of IP experience. Technical expertise and competency include electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science and industrial automation. 1) No. of drafting is 15-20; No. of filing is 150. 2) No. of analysis is 8-10 per year 1) 3-5 weeks depending on the extent of disclose, nature of technology, responsiveness of inventors to enquires, and other workload. 2) 3-5 weeks James McHugh Patent Attorney (UK & EP) 8 years of IP experience. James has experience including optical instruments and technologies, computer software related inventions including image processing, networking technologies and telecommunications. Yang Haoming Sunny Patent Agent (CN) Sunny has particular expertise in electric-optical imaging systems, optical system simulation, wavefront coding systems and infrared zoom systems using all reflective aspheric surfaces. Ian Liu 6 years of IP experience. BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, LLB from the University of London, England.

30 Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for drafting and filing:Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Leading Hong Kong Transport Services Provider, Leading Hong Kong Property Development Company, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Leading Child Accessory Manufacturer. N.A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Masco Corporation, Major Scientific Measurement Company; Major Flow Control Device Manufacturer; Major US Antenna Manufacturer. N.A. with ASTRI * 40 US patent applications Note: * from ASTRI own record. Tender did not submit such information.

31 Deacons (HK) - Cont’d Clients list for analysis:Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Leading Child Accessory Manufacturer, Exporting Manufacturer of home Appliances, Telecommunications Accessory , Masco Corporation, International Lighting Controls Manufacturer, Legrand, Pass & Seymour Inc. and Recom Electric Co. Ltd N.A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) N.A. with ASTRI

32 Eagle IP Limited (HK) Began operating as a patent agency in June 2005.IP Team for ASTRI 2 US patent attorneys 2 US patent agents 3 Chinese patent attorneys 2 patent scientists 1 patent technical specialist Eagle has been serving ASTRI since 2011.

33 Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Dr. H.C. Lui Director, US Patent Agent 10 years of IP experience Mechanical and electrical engineering, information technologies, renewable energies, patter recognition, soft computing and RFID systems 1) Drafting: 39 2) Filing: 42 3) Analysis: 16 1) Drafting: 4 weeks 2) Filing: 1 week 3) Analysis: 2-4 weeks Mr. Philip Lyren Principal, US patent attorney 20+ years of IP experience Electrical engineering, information technologies, semiconductors, microprocessors, data centers, cloud computing, communications networks, storage systems, computer systems Dr. Ning Duan Patent Scientist 1 year of IP experience Electrical engineering, information technologies, telecommunications, analog and digital electronics, nanotechnology, medical devices, semiconductor devices

34 Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’dClients list for drafting and filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Macau University of Science and Technology N/A Engineering, information technology, life science, Pharmaceuticals 79 Nexpack Limited 50 globally Engineering 13 Bio-Cancer Treatment International Ltd. Clinical-stage Pharmaceuticals 94 Vita Green Health Products Co., Ltd. Life Science, Pharmaceuticals 68 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokero International Limited 11-50 employees Electrical engineering 25 Milq Inc. 16 people Information technology 1 Generon(Shanghai) Corporation N/A Pharmaceuticals 50 CMS Peptides Patent Holding Company Limited Large 161 with ASTRI Around 20

35 Eagle IP Limited (HK) - Cont’dClients list for analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) QPL limited Large Semi-conductor 1 Jumpin Gym U.S.A. Limited Information technology 2 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokero International Limited 11-50 employees Electrical engineering 1 Generon(Shanghai) Corporation N/A Pharmaceuticals with ASTRI N.A.

36 Ella Cheong (HK) Was established in Hong Kong in 2004 and provide ongoing services to a number of technology corporations. Has 10 US and China patent attorneys / agents and 7 patent engineers. Has over 40 lawyers, 16 trainee solicitors and more than 80 staff members including paralegals, clerks and supporting staff.

37 Ella Cheong (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (Electronic /Mechanical /ICT Team): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing Sam Yip US patent attorney (will join Ophus) 15 years experience Software, electronics, communications, and system control technologies 920 applications per year 4-6 weeks Amanda Zhang China patent agent 3 years experience Electronics, telecommunication and computer circuits and chips Jamie Kuang Opto-Electronics Lily Jiang Patent Engineer 4 years experience Semiconductor, optical-fiber telecommunication fields Stanley Yip Telecommunications and IC designs Tony Ho Physics and Material Science Daniel Gu Electronics, communication and IC Design Dong Ning Optical Engineering

38 Ella Cheong (HK) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) New A Innovation N.A. 295 Smartone 5 Solomon Systech 21 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Nokia N.A. 85 Nikon 60 Sharp 27 with ASTRI More than 100

39 HNC Innovation (HK) Total 35 China patent attorneys, 7 US patent attorneys, 2 qualified China attorney-at-law, and 3 China litigation attorneys confirmed by the Chinese Supreme People’s Court. Susan CHI and her team, based in HK Cindy YANG and her team, based in New York Binsheng Cui, Chengbai CHI and their team, based in Qingdao Dongya LI, Peihua SU and their team, based in Beijing

40 HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Susan CHI Director of HNC, China Patent Attorney, based in HK 9 years of experience Electronics, mechanics engineering 1) Each of leading attorneys also managers around 150 cases 2) Analysis: 5 case per year by each attorney 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 3-5 weeks 2) Average lead time of translation and filing: 5 working days 3) OA response: 2 weeks 4) Average lead time of analysis: working days Cindy YANG US Patent Attorney, based in US 10+ years of experience Pharmaceutical and life science, LED, oil/gas extraction, consumer products, food and beverage, sports, media, entertainment industries Binsheng CUI China Patent Attorney, based in Qingdao 27+ years of experience Handled patents and 100+ patent infringement, litigation and invalidation cases

41 HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Chengbai CHI China Patent Attorney, based in Qingdao 30 years of experience Founder of Qingdao Patent Service Center 1) Each of leading attorneys also managers around 150 cases 2) Analysis: 5 case per year by each attorney 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 3-5 weeks 2) Average lead time of translation and filing: 5 working days 3) OA response: 2 weeks 4) Average lead time of analysis: working days Xinhua SHAO 11 years of experience Handled patents in the field of Electronics, photonics, communication, mechanics Dongya LI China Patent Attorney, based in Beijing 10+ years of experience Mobile internet, communication, E-commerce, software Peihua SU 12 years of experience Communication, internet, software

42 HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’dClients list (for drafting & filing): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Haier Large Air conditioner 186 invention patents, 188 utility model patents Hisense 70 invention patents, 125 utility model patents LETV Mobile TV 55 invention patents, 11 utility model patents Datang Mobile Communication network 80 invention patents, 5 utility model patents Huizhou Light Engine Ltd. N.A. LED technologies (electrical engineering and software) 60 US patents International Company (5 examples) Intel Telecommunications 85 US patents with ASTRI Susan CHI handled 3-5 China patent drafting cases and patent OA annually in previous employer.

43 HNC Innovation (HK) - Cont’dClients list (for analysis): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Oxyvital Ltd. N.A. Oxyvital Ltd. V. Deacons Patentability analysis for HK litigation STEVLOS B.V. STEVLOS B.V. v. Jiangsu Xiangsheng Heavy Industries Co. etc. Infringement analysis for China litigation Norrona Sport AS Norrona Sport AS v. Volcom Co. Invalidation case against ZL International Company (5 examples) Avid Identification Systems Avid v. Philips Patent infringement case involving RFID technology Technical Consumer Products Technical Consumer Products v. GE Lighting Solutions Invalidation on the asserted LED lighting patents Fresenius Kabi USA Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical cases A number of ongoing cases on patentability analysis, free-to-operate analysis, invalidity analysis, infringement analysis with ASTRI Susan CHI handled infringement analysis for ASTRI in 2014 in previous employer.

44 inCompass IP (HK) Has 4 patent attorneys including 1 EU & UK patent attorney, 2 AU & NZ patent attorneys and 1 US & SG patent attorney. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Ewan Bewley EU and UK Patent Attorney 26 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include telecommunications, cooling systems, petrochemical research and applied science, fibre optics, pressure ignition engines, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, computer implemented inventions, software, IC design and manufacture. 1) 15 – drafting 2) 230 – filing 3) 35 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) 4 weeks Owen Gee AU and NZ Patent Attorney 11 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include electronics, LED technology, power engineering, electrical engineering, software and computer-implemented inventions, medical devices, mechanical apparatus, chemical process technology, building technology and mining. 1) 20 – drafting 2) 150 – filing 3) 20 – analysis

45 inCompass IP (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Yannie Chan AU and NZ Patent Attorney 4 years of IP experience. Her areas of expertise include chemical and chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and bioengineering, polymers and material science, nanotechnology, medical devices, healthcare, skincare and cosmeceuticals, mechanical engineering and electronic devices. 1) 25 – drafting 2) 80 – filing 3) 10 – analysis 1) 4 weeks 2) N.A. Nevin Carmichael US and SG Patent Attorney 20 years of IP experience. His areas of expertise include medical device and instrumentation, computer hardware and software, telecommunication, mechanical and semiconductor applications and technologies. 1) 20 – drafting 2) 130 – filing 3) 20 – analysis 2) 4 weeks

46 inCompass IP (HK) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Superl Technology Limited Large entity Manufacturing 20 United Technologies Global Limited Small entity LED 40 Teck Keung Industrial Limited Industrial products 10 International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Gibson Innovations Limited Large entity Electronics products 10 Potter IP Limited Small entity Various 10 patents, 10 designs AJ Park 20 patents, 50 designs with ASTRI N.A.

47 Marks & Clerk (HK) Marks & Clerk and Lloyd Wise & Co have long been established in HK, Lloyd C Wise opening its HK office in 1976, soon to be followed by Marks & Clerk in In November 2007, Marks & Clerk merged businesses with the Lloyd Wise Group. For drafting and filing, there are 13 patent attorneys in Hong Kong Number of UK patent agent: 3 (including one person dual- qualified in CN and UK) Number of Europe patent agent: 1 Number of Germany patent agent: 1 Number of China patent agent: 2 (including one person dual- qualified in CN and UK) Number of Australia and New Zealand patent agent: 6 In addition, there are 14 specialists for analysis. All of them are patent attorneys or Trademark attorneys. Marks & Clerk has been serving ASTRI before.

48 Marks & Clerk (HK) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Michael Flint Australian and New Zealand patent attorney 15 years experience Electronics, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications 1) >100 applications per year 2) > 200 analysis 1) 3-5 weeks 2) 1-3 weeks for analysis Eric Lam UK patent attorney 20 years experience Chin-wah Tsang UK patent attorney 18 years experience Michael Lin US patent attorney Biochemistry  Philip McMillan New Zealand patent attorney 14 years experience Mechanical Engineering, engineering gas & oil Zephyr Su China Patent Attorney 6 years experience

49 Marks & Clerk (HK) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) HKBU, CityU, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM), Fanciteck International OSCL Pacific Limited N.A. International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Dell, Ave Concept, Bubble Bum Marposs SPA, BrushPearl LLC N.A. with ASTRI Around 50 patent applications

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51 Deep & Far (Taiwan) Has 29 patent engineers/patent attorneys/patent agents. Has been offering expert service on IP work for 23 years. Service team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis C. F. Tsai President, Attorney-at-law/Patent Attorney/Arbitrator 33 years of IP work experience Bachelor of Marine Technology of National Chiao-Tung University LLB of National Taiwan University LLM of Soo Chou University 1) Around 1,000 2) Around 12 1) 10 – 45 days depending on urgency 2) 10 – 60 days depending on urgency/complexity Yu-Li Tsai Vice President, Patent Attorney / US patent agent 5years of IP work experience Bachelor of EE in National Taiwan University Master of Telecommunication in National Taiwan University IP Master of New Hampshire

52 Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis R.F. Chen Patent Attorney 27 years of IP work experience PH.D., Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Senior Patent Examiner, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Director of intellectual property, Lotus Pharmaceutical. Co. 1) Around 1,000 2) Around 12 1) 10 – 45 days depending on urgency 2) 10 – 60 days depending on urgency/complexity Shun-Yu Hung Attorney-at-law/Patent Attorney 13 years of IP work experience Electrical Engineering Bachelor of National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology LLB of Soochow university LLM of Fu Jen Catholic University

53 Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Bionime Corporation Large Biotechnological meter and measurement strips N/A Arcadyan Technology Corp. Communication element and module Tera Xtal Technology Corp. Sapphire and touch panels Kaohsieng Medical University Pharmaceutical compositions, medicine, compound Chung Hsing University All field

54 Deep & Far (Taiwan) - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: International Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) SMEE Large Thermal control, etcher, optical exposure N/A Infineon Technologies AG Semiconductor, electronic components and element, chips 500 patent applications per year InterDigital Technology Corporation Wireless communication 8000+ in TW, HK, CN MPS Switch, power converter, driver, transistor Seereal 3D imaging, holographic, and 3D scene reconstruction with ASTRI N.A.

55 Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan Established an exclusive alliance with Leaven IPR Agency Ltd (“Leaven”) in China in Oct Has around 50 years of experience of handling patent matters in TW. 15 patent engineers and 7 patent attorneys for patent drafting and filing. 14 lawyers, 15 patent engineers and 7 patent attorneys for patent analysis

56 Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Lou, Ying-Chih Patent attorney 20 years of IP experience M.S. (1990) and B.S. (1988) in electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University; 1) Drafting: 350 2) Filing: 11,000+ 3) Analysis: 420 1) For drafting: about 1 month 2) For filing: about 2 months 3) For analysis: about 1 month Chia-Hsing LIN M.S. (1995) and B.S. (1993) in electrical engineering, National TW university of Science and Technology Chin Jo-Yun 12 years of IP experience. B.S. (2002) in communication engineering, National Chiao-Tung University Lo Audrey 8 years of IP experience. M.S. (2003) and B.S. (2001) in material science and engineering

57 Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Chiang, Ta-Chung Partner, Senior Attorney 28 years of legal experience LL.M. (1989) at Soochow University School of Law; LL.B. (1983) at National Taiwan University R.O.C. Commercial Arbitration Association 1) Drafting: 350 2) Filing: 11,000+ 3) Analysis: 420 1) For drafting: about 1 month 2) For filing: about 2 months 3) For analysis: about 1 month Huang, Dennis 21 years of legal experience LL.M. (1999) at the University of Michigan Law School; LL.M. (1997) at National Cheng Chi University Graduate Law School; LL.B. (1989) at National Cheng Chi University Lu Guang Senior Attorney; Patent agent 15 years of legal experience. LL.B. (1998) at National Taiwan University Member of Taipei Bar Association and Hsinchu Bar Association Chen, Chu-Mei Attorney, Patent Attorney 23 years of legal experience. M.S. in Law (2004) at Taiwan Soo-Chow University and B.S. (1992) in Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan university

58 Lee and Li (L&L)Taiwan - Cont’dClients list for drafting & filing and analysis: Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) N.A. Over 700 patent application on behalf of TSMC in US and TW Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) Filed over 5,200 patent applications on behalf of ASE in US, TW and CN International Company (5 examples) Qualcomm Filed over 11,000 patent applications on behalf of Qualcomm in TW and CN Apple Inc. Filed over 2,000 patent applications on behalf of Apple in TW and CN with ASTRI Around 90 patent applications

59 Truer (创友 Shenzhen China)One of the largest IP firms in Shenzhen founded in 2002. 8 China patent agents 8 registered patent agents under China patent law 4 patent agents trained under US law Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days Patent agent Survey Feedback Shenzhen Truer handled PCT and Chinese applications for ASTRI. They are very responsive and provide us with documentation timely. Furthermore, most inventors are satisfied with their Chinese translation of the patent application.

60 Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Yaochun Jiang Patent attorney, lawyer-1996, Partner 19 years experience Optics, Electrical Appliances, Information technologies, Computer hardware and software, Position and Navigation Technologies, Consumer electronics, Mechanical devices, Medical devices No. of filing per year is around 285 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days 2) Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days Shangwei YU Patent agent-1985 30 years experience Mechanics, material, physics and electricity N.A. Zhenyu Wang Patent agent-2007 8 years experience Electronics, telecommunications, computer and mechanism ~100 Mr. Stone Patent agent-2012 3 years experience Electronics, communications, optics

61 Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’dService team for ASTRI (drafting & filing and analysis): Name Title Description No. of drafting & filing and analysis per year Average process lead time of drafting & filing and analysis Min YU Patent agent-2011 4 years experience Electronics, signal processing, computer hardware, communications ~70 1) Average lead time of drafting and filing: 10 working days 2) Average lead time of analysis: 10 working days Li LIU Patent agent-2010 5 years experience Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Mechanism, Biology and Medical Science ~90 Honglong YANG Telecommunications, electronics, computer software ~100 Yanping FANG Patent agent-2014 1 years experience Mechanism, Materials, Electromechanical Control, Telecommunication N.A.

62 Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’dClients list (for drafting & filing): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Res. Inst. of Tsinghua Univ. in Shenzhen Medium All 434 Emerson Network Power Co. Ltd. Large Network Power 382 Shenzhen Sunshine laser & electronics tech. Co. Ltd. Laser application Tech. 118 BAK Battery 213 Netease Online game, system software 10 International Company (5 examples) Mewburn Ellis (foreign IP firm) 383 RYUKA IP Law Firm (foreign IP firm) 93 Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson (foreign IP firm) 33 KNP International (foreign IP firm) 13 BEETZ & Partner 46 with ASTRI Around 590

63 Truer (创友 Shenzhen China) - Cont’dClients list (for analysis): Domestic Company (5 examples) Name Size of Company Technology Area No. of patent/patent application (Total) Emerson Network Power Co. Ltd. Large Network Power 44 Leaguer MicroElectronics 6 Netease Online game, system software 3 International Company (5 examples) RYUKA IP Law Firm (foreign IP firm) Medium Machines 2 FULBRIGHT & Jaworski LLP (foreign IP firm) Chemistry STUDIO TORTA (foreign IP firm) 1 with ASTRI Conducted patent analysis for ASTRI before