Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Intellectual Property Management), HUST, Sept 2016 - June 2020.
Interdisciplinary successive master-doctor program (Majored in Thermal Energy Engineering), HUST, Sept 2014 - Aug 2016.
B.S. (Majored in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering), Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Sept 2010 - June 2014.
Overseas Visiting and Training
SRH Hochshule Heidelberg, June 2017
Courses Taught (2020-2024)
Undergraduate Course: Commercial Law (32 teaching hours per year).
Graduate Course: Intellectual Property (16 teaching hours per year).
Graduate Course: Academic Frontiers on Intellectual Property (8 teaching hours per year).
Graduate Course: Theory and Practice of Patent Drafting (32 teaching hours per year).
Graduate Course: Patent Information Retrieval and Analysis (20 teaching hours per year).
Research Interests
Intellectual Property Strategy and Management, with special focus on International Competition in Intellectual Property, Enterprise Intellectual Property Management, University-industry Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property Coordination in Technology Collaborations, Patents and Technological Innovation.
Representative Research Projects
1. Director: “Intellectual Property Protection Strategies in the Context of International Scientific and Technological Cooperation”, financed by the Intellectual Property Office of Hubei Province, 2023.5-2023.11.
2. Director: “The Construction and Operation Mechanism of Industrial Intellectual Property Operation Centers: A Case Study of the Automotive Industry in Hubei Province”, financed by the Intellectual Property Office of Hubei Province, 2022.7-2023.7.
3. Director: “Zhibole Intellectual Property Specialized Consulting and Service”, financed by a Wuhan Company, 2021.6-2024.12.
4. Deputy Team Leader: “Promoting China-US CERC Innovation Cooperation and Research on Intellectual Property License Application: Institutional Development, Patent Navigation, Information Platform Construction”, commissioned by the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2017.1-2018.6.
5. Core Participator: “Evaluation of the Ten-Year Implementation of the ‘National Intellectual Property Strategy Outline’ Special Topic on ‘Intellectual Property International Cooperation’”, commissioned by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, 2017.9-2018.3.
6. Core Participator: “CCUS Key Technology Equipment List and Intellectual Property Strategy”, commissioned by the China 21st Century Agenda Management Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016.1-2017.6.
7. Deputy Team Leader: Consulting and Service Project on Intellectual Property Strategy for Material Technology, financed by Zhejiang Biomaterials Company, 2016.9-Ongoing.
8. Core Participator: “Research on Intellectual Property in the Field of Rare and Precious Metal Materials”, financed by Yunnan Provincial Academician Workstation, 2018.1-2018.9.
9. Deputy Team Leader: “Consulting on Intellectual Property Strategy and Special Project for Patent Mining and Layout”, financed by Jingmen Chemical Company Academician Expert Workstation, 2017.8-2020.8.
10. Core Participator: “Service Project on Intellectual Property Strategy, Patent Mining and Layout”, financed by Zhejiang Building Materials Company, 2019.6-2020.1.
Representative Research Papers
1. Chen, W., Yu, X., & Yang, W*. (2024). Is worldwide patent protection converging? A cross-country index of patent protection strength 1990–2020. Technology in Society, 76, 102451. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102451 (SSCI, JCR Q1)
2. Chen, W., Yu, X., & Yang, W*. (2024). International trademark protection strength: 1990–2020. The World Economy. doi: 10.1111/TWEC.13579 (SSCI, JCR Q2)
3. Zhang, Y., Li, J., & Yang, W*. (2024). The dilemma and improvement of anti-suit injunctions in standard-essential patent litigation in China. Computer Law & Security Review, 52, 105929. doi: 10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105929 (SSCI, JCR Q1)
4. Zhang, Y., Yang, W*. (2023). Development and application of patent management maturity model: a capability-based perspective. International Journal of Technology Management. doi: 10.1504/IJTM.2023.10059236 (SCI&SSCI, JCR Q2)
5. Ming, C., Yu, X., Zhang, B.*, & Yang, W. (2022). A patent infringement early-warning methodology based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets: A case study of Huawei. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 54, 101811. doi: 10.1016/j.aei.2022.101811 (SCI, JCR Q1)
6. Yang, W., Yu, X.*, Zhang, B., & Huang, Z. (2021). Mapping the landscape of international technology diffusion (1994–2017): Network analysis of transnational patents. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(1), 138-171. doi: 10.1007/s10961-019-09762-9 (SSCI, JCR Q2)
7. Yang, W., Yu, X., Wang, D., Yang, J., & Zhang, B*. (2021). Spatio-temporal evolution of technology flows in China: Patent licensing networks 2000–2017. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46, 1674-1703. doi: 10.1007/s10961-019-09739-8 (SSCI, JCR Q2)
8. Wang, Z., Yang, W., Liu, H.*, Jin, H., Chen, H., Su, K., Tu, Y., & Wang, W. (2019). Thermochemical behavior of three sulfates (CaSO4, K2SO4 and Na2SO4) blended with cement raw materials (CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-Fe2O3) at high temperature. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 142, 104617. doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2019.05.006 (SCI, JCR Q1)
Representative Grants and Awards
1. The 17th Wuhan City Social Science Excellent Achievement Award in 2020. (1/3)
2. Outstanding Graduate Student of HUST in 2020.
3. Doctoral National Scholarship in 2019.
4. Excellent Graduate Student of HUST for the academic year 2019-2020.
5. Second Prize in the First Academic Retrieval Challenge of Hubei Province in 2017.
Professional Certification
Patent Agent Qualification Certificate
