M.Sc.
Yu-Chen Cheng
Patent Professional
Yu-Chen Cheng is a candidate representative before the European Patent Office and is currently training to become a European Patent Attorney.
Specialities
Patent law, in particular application, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, inter alia in the fields of mechanical engineering, semiconductor technology, biomedical engineering, and biotechnology.
Yu-Chen Cheng advises clients from the Chinese-speaking region in European and German patent application procedures.
Yu-Chen Cheng has experience in preparing patent applications and responding to office actions before the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, inter alia in the fields of mechanical engineering, semiconductor technologies, biomedical engineering, and biotechnology.
Languages
Yu-Chen Cheng speaks Chinese and English.
Career
Studied Civil Engineering at National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan); graduated as B.Sc. in 2009.
Studied Biomedical Engineering at National Taiwan University (Taiwan); graduated as M.Sc. in 2012.
Studied BioHealth Computing (Molecular Biotechnology Track) in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree program at University of Turin (Turin, Italy) and Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble, France); graduated as M.Sc. in 2015.
Gained initial experience in the patent profession as a patent engineer at a patent law firm in Taiwan from 2016 to 2017, where responsibilities included patent drafting and responding to office actions.
Worked remotely as a freelance patent translator from 2017 to 2024 with a focus on semiconductor technologies.
Joined RGTH in January 2025 and is currently pursuing qualification as a European Patent Attorney.
