Jeffrey S. Sharp is the Managing Partner of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun.
He has extensive prosecution and opinion experience. He has participated in numerous inter partes patent matters including patent infringement litigation before U.S. District Courts, patent interference proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and patent opposition work before foreign patent offices.
Mr. Sharp’s practice emphasizes biotechnology matters, and includes pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and immunotherapeutic reagents, and recombinant nucleic acid technologies including plant biotechnology. He also has experience in gene-sequencing and gene therapy technologies, and in vivo and in vitro assay methods.
His additional practice focus includes chemical and chemical engineering matters including chemical processing technology and organic and inorganic chemistry. Mr. Sharp also has extensive experience in the areas of carbohydrate chemistry and food and beverage chemistry.
Mr. Sharp is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Latin School of Chicago, sits on the Board of Directors of the Pilot Legis RPG, and is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. He serves as a mentor in the mentorship academy of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms. He has previously served as Chairman of the Committee to Nominate Alumni Trustees for Princeton University and as president of The Princeton Club of Chicago. Mr. Sharp currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council of Princeton University and as co-Class Agent for his Princeton class. He has been awarded an AV® Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, and is recommended by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. Mr. Sharp co-authored the “Challenges of Intellectual Property and Branding on Regulatory Approvals” chapter for Nutraceutical and Functional Food Regulations in the United States and Around the World (Academic Press, July 2008).
Mr. Sharp received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1984. He received his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1980.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Accu-cut Diamond Tool Company, Inc.* v. Sunnen Products Company
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement
Area(s) of practice: Mechanical Arts
Eicholz (Amersham)* v. Tyagi
U.S. Patent Office Board of Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
Elsbach (Monsanto)* v. Scott
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference, Appeal
Area(s) of practice: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Fraley (Monsanto)* v. Zambryski v. Anderson
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
Hooykaas v. Shewmaker (Monsanto)*
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
Hybritech v. Abbott Laboratories*
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement, Appeal
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
Kishore (Monsanto)* v. Burrell
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
McNeil-PPC, Inc. v. The Procter & Gamble Company*
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement
Area(s) of practice: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Schilperoort v. Rogers (Monsanto)* v. Barton v. Zambryski
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
Shell Oil Company v. Union Carbide Company*
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Case Type(s): Patent Interference, Patent Infringement
Area(s) of practice: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Stalker v. Kishore (Monsanto)*
U.S. Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference
Area(s) of practice: Biotechnology
*Party Represented
