Brad Y. Chin
Partner
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Phone: +1 202 776 7833
- Duane Morris LLP
901 New York Avenue NW,
Suite 700 East
Washington, DC 20001-4795
USA
Brad Y. Chin is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. He represents clients in intellectual property litigation and counseling matters, with a focus on patent and trademark-related disputes and transactions for companies operating in the energy, technology and high-tech sectors.
Brad advises clients on the development, protection and enforcement of intellectual property portfolios, including patent and trademark prosecution strategies, licensing and technology transfer arrangements, and due diligence in connection with corporate transactions. His practice also encompasses infringement and invalidity analyses, freedom-to-operate opinions and post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews and covered business method proceedings. He has experience advising on IP-related compliance issues arising under DFARS and FARs in the government contracting context.
Brad prosecutes patent applications in the chemical, electrical and mechanical arts for U.S. and international clients, including those based in China, Japan, Korea and the Middle East. His technical experience spans a wide range of technologies, including oil and gas drilling equipment, chemical processing systems, telecommunications, automotive technologies, robotics, consumer electronics, OLED and plasma display technologies, semiconductors, energy storage, renewable energy and clean technology, catalytic filtration systems, coatings, food products, medical devices, nanotechnology, electronic healthcare systems and treatments, and life sciences. He also represents clients in intellectual property litigation matters before state and federal courts.
Before entering private practice, Brad served as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and as intellectual property manager and counsel at Raytheon Company. Earlier in his career, he worked as a technology licensing manager in the Technology Licensing Office at Texas A&M University and as a multidisciplined process engineer at Raytheon Company, where he was involved in the design and manufacture of missile systems. Brad is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt specialist and has completed graduate-level coursework in electrical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University.
Admitted in Maryland only; Not a D.C. bar member, but supervised by one or more D.C. bar members.
Admissions
- Maryland
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Admitted in Maryland only; Not a D.C. bar member, but supervised by one or more D.C. bar members.
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2026-present - Bracewell LLP
- Partner, 2011-2026 - Squire Patton Boggs
- Attorney, 2007-2011 - H.C. Park & Associates, PLC
- Attorney, 2005-2007 - United States Patent & Trademark Office
- U.S. Patent Examiner, 2004-2005 - Raytheon Company: Integrated Defense Systems
- Intellectual Property Manager/Counsel, 2003-2004 - Raytheon Company: Missiles Systems Divisions
- Process & Materials Engineer, 1997-2000
Education
- Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D./LL.M., 2003
- Texas A&M University, B.S., 1997
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Board of Directors, 2024-present
- Elected Fellow, 2022
- Chair, Online Programs Committee, 2011-2013
- Chair, AIPLA 360 Review - Local Outreach Working Group
- IP Practice in China Committee - Asian American Bar Association of Houston
- Board of Directors, 2014-2016 - Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
- Board of Directors, 2017-2019 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Intellectual Property Owners Association, Asian Practice Committee
- Licensing Executive Society
- Maryland State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section Council, 2008-2011
- SIPO/US-Bar Liaison Council
- Vice-Chair, 2016-2018
- Secretary, 2013-2015
- HIPLA Representative, 2012 - EPO/US-Bar Liaison Counsil, HIPLA Representative
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance, Board Member, 2016-2019
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers in America, 2026
- Listed as a "IP Star" in Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars in Texas, 2024 and 2025
- IAM Patent 1000, 2020-2025
- IAM Strategy 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists, 2023-2025
- Listed as a "IP Star" in Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars in the U.S., 2022-2025
- Listed, Legal 500: Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings), 2021-2022
Selected Publications
- Author, "Got the Memo?" IP Magazine, February 2017
- Author, "The Mayo/Alice Framework Holds Strong," IP Magazine, October 3, 2016
- Author, "Federal Circuit Goes Enfish-ing for Software Patent Eligibility," IP Magazine, July/August 2016
- Author, "Dangerous Waters in the Safe Harbor," IP Magazine, February 2016
- Author, "Differing IP Enforcement on Three Continents," Today’s General Counsel, December 2015
- Author, "Effective IP Enforcement Is Taking Shape In China," Law360, October 2015
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Protecting Your IP Rights in China: Texas Perspective Roundtable," AUTM Annual Meeting, February 13, 2019
- Speaker, "Inter Partes Review Changes How Patent Cases Are Appealed," Texas Lawyer, May 16, 2018
- Speaker, "Proactive Protection of Intellectual Property in the United States," Asamura Patent Office Intellectual Property Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, April 2017
- Speaker, "Proactive Protection of Intellectual Property in the United States," Jiaquan IP Firm Intellectual Property Seminar, Guangzhou, China, April 2017
- Speaker, "Protecting Intellectual Property in the United States," Asamura Patent Office Intellectual Property Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, November 2015
- Speaker, "Protecting IPR in China," Asian Oil & Gas, August 7, 2015
- Speaker, "Proactive Protection of Intellectual Property in China," Houston Association of Corporate Counsel (HACC) IP Section, April 2015