Profile
Chase Means focuses his practice on intellectual property matters. He has deep patent prosecution and counseling experience in a wide range of industries within the electrical engineering, electronics, and computer sciences fields, including representation of companies in various aerospace, space, AI, and medical device sectors.
Chase’s patent litigation experience includes working on inter partes reviews (IPRs) and post-grant reviews (PGRs) before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, providing support for active litigation, and performing pre-litigation diligence. He has litigation experience in a variety of technologies, including industrial automation and control systems, implantable medical devices, business to business software as a service (SaaS), server processors, cellular emergency broadcast systems, and electronic automobile components.
Concentrations
- Worldwide patent prosecution and counseling
- Patent, copyright, and trade secret litigation
- Design Patents
- Technical areas of focus:
- Aerospace, Space, Defense, and Deep Tech (e.g., propulsion systems, satellite communications, robotic targets, drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commercial airline software)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) (e.g., AI accelerators, in-memory compute devices, computer vision systems, autonomous vehicles, data center power electronics, e-commerce and recommender software, financial services software, AI for product testing/manufacturing)
- Electronics and Software (e.g., solid state memory systems, image processing/display, wireless communications, MEMS devices, power electronics and clean power tech, energy storage and charging systems, smart home and IoT devices, semiconductors, enterprise and cloud computing software)
- Medical Devices and MedTech (e.g., laser eye imaging and treatment technologies, healthcare software, hearing aids and audio processing, remote patient monitoring, nasopharyngeal airway devices, medical billing software)
- Mechanical and Electromechanical Devices (e.g., power tools and hardware, pinball tables, baby toys and products, product testing systems, steel manufacturing systems)
Capabilities
Experience
- Obtained a preliminary injunction against a competitor in a trade secret matter in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Developed an early, in-depth defense in a patent infringement suit that resulted in Plaintiff voluntarily dismissing the entire suit prior to an Answer to the Complaint being filed.
- Won a rarely granted reversal for a petitioner on a rehearing request of an institution decision in an inter partes review (IPR) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), directly resulting in the patent owner canceling all instituted claims.°
- Obtained settlement for a pro bono client in a copyright matter in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Means prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Electrical Engineer, Kiewit Corporation, 2008-2010 – designed and managed construction of various power distribution, instrumentation, process control, and lighting systems for power generation projects.
- Intern, Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI), 2013 – identified and evaluated patents that had potential for high returns on IPXI’s proprietary patent license exchange, including patents with relevance to 802.11 wireless standards.
Recognition & Leadership
- Team Member, Chambers USA Guide, Space, 2025
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch"
- Intellectual Property Law, 2022-2024
- Patent Law, 2024
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Intellectual Property - Patents: Prosecution, 2024
- Intellectual Property Owners (IPO), Member of Committee for U.S. Patent Office Practice
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member
- Volunteer Attorney, Lawyers for the Creative Arts
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Member
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA), Member
Credentials
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J.D., magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, 2013
- Associate Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, Published Note
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, cum laude, Olivet Nazarene University, 2008
- California
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois