Crane, Sharon

Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D.’s practice specializes in post grant trials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), litigation, and patent prosecution and opinions for clients in the biotechnology area.

Dr. Crane has substantial experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications and drafting infringement and validity opinions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical arts for clients ranging from independent inventors to multinational biotech companies. She devotes a significant percentage of her time to patent interferences, post grant proceedings, including inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR) proceedings, and appeals before the PTAB and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has also represented clients in patent litigation in the federal district courts. In all matters, Dr. Crane’s extensive scientific background assists her in understanding the technical aspects of a client’s intellectual property at a deeper level.

Dr. Crane received a B.A. in behavioral biology from Johns Hopkins University, where she researched learning and memory. Dr. Crane’s graduate training was in the Neuroscience Training Program at the University of Virginia and in the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she received her Ph.D. in molecular biology and genetics and focused on the study of lentiviruses. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Dr. Crane is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Intellectual Property Law Section, a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) USPTO Inter Partes Patent Proceedings and Biotechnology committees, and the chair of Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI) CET Group 5-Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals.