Richard Chinn

DR. RICHARD CHINN

Co-Founder

Dr. Richard Chinn is a chemical technology patent attorney with the Grüneberg Global IP law firm, bringing to the practice a wide range of experience in client counseling, patent prosecution, application preparation, patentability and infringement evaluation and litigation in chemical technologies. Dr. Chinn works with start-ups, emerging, and multinational foreign and domestic companies in industries ranging from polymer and chemical processing to biotech, semiconductor, petroleum products, alternative energy, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food. He also counsels universities as to their patent needs.

Dr. Richard Chinn is Co-Founder of Grüneberg Global IP and serves as a senior patent attorney advising domestic and international enterprises on complex patent matters in chemical, biotechnology, semiconductor, and advanced materials technologies.

Since the firm’s founding, Dr. Chinn has played a central role in building and sustaining its technical and operational foundation. He brings extensive experience in patent prosecution, strategic application drafting, patentability and infringement analysis, and litigation support across multinational corporations and global technology enterprises.

His practice spans industries including polymer and chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor technologies, energy systems, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, cosmetics, and food sciences. He is known for his technically rigorous and analytically disciplined approach to patent strategy, aligning intellectual property protection with long-term business objectives in complex, multi-jurisdictional environments.

Dr. Chinn also oversees the firm’s international secondment and visiting professional program (trainee program), working closely with representatives of multinational corporations embedded with the firm. In this capacity, he serves as a key liaison in cross-border coordination and strategic alignment between in-house IP teams and U.S. prosecution practice.

Dr. Chinn holds an advanced degree in synthetic organic chemistry and completed post-doctoral research in heterocycle synthesis. His scientific expertise includes pharmaceutical agents, carbohydrate chemistry, enzymology, agricultural chemicals, biotechnology, polymer chemistry, dyes, and semiconductor processing. He has published numerous scientific articles in organic synthesis, mechanistic organic chemistry, and heterocyclic methodologies.