Xin Shao

Xin Shao practices patent law with a focus on patent prosecution for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and related complex technologies. He has extensive experience handling high-value AI/ML patents for leading tech companies driving innovation in the AI/ML space. He also conducts invalidity analysis and infringement analysis to support patent litigation and enforcement.

Xin has a strong academic background in mathematics, statistics, and machine learning. His expertise covers image processing, computer vision, natural language processing, generative models (LLMs, diffusion models), neural network architectures including deep learning (CNN, RNN) and transformers, and agentic AI systems.

Xin is passionate about legal theory development in addressing emerging issues in IP law related to AI. He is interested in providing lawyer input to legal tech innovation and workflow optimization. He also closely follows AI alignment research and policy discussions surrounding the responsible development of AI technologies.