Professional Experience
Douglas Sharrott both prosecutes and litigates patents, with extensive experience in the electrical and mechanical arts. As a patent attorney, he has worked in technologies related to medical devices, communication and control systems, electronic circuitry, digital signal processors, computers, computer networks, software, semiconductors, liquid crystal displays, antennas, and electronic trading systems.
Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Mr. Sharrott was employed for ten years as an electronic systems engineer at Grumman Corp., Hazeltine Corp., and Fairchild-Weston Corp. At those companies, he developed hardware, software, and signal processing algorithms for various defense-related communication, navigation, identification and tracking systems.
Awards and Recognition
Douglas Sharrott is listed in Legal 500 2008 and 2009 for Patent litigation: full coverage and Patent prosecution: utility and design.
Professional Activities
American Bar Association; American and New York Intellectual Property Law Associations
Representative Cases
Perego v. Drehmel
Patent Interference No. 105,467
Fair Isaac Corp. v. IBM Corp. / IBM Corp. v. Fair Isaac Corp.
D. Minn. 2006
Novo Nordisk A/S et al. v. Becton Dickinson
Fed. Cir. 2002
Levien v. Levien v. Katayama et al.
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2000
Publications
False patent marking: a trap for the unwary patentee
Intellectual Asset Management
January/February 2009
Nanotechnology in Rechargeable Batteries: A123 Systems, Inc.
Nanotechnology Law & Business
Winter 2008
False patent marking: a trap for the unwary patentee
Intellectual Asset Management
January/February 2009
Intellectual Property Developments in Biochip Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology Law & Business
February/March 2006
Patenting Nanotech Inventions
Industrial Biotechnology
Fall 2005
Staking A Claim In The Nanoworld
Corporate Counsel
June 2004
Federal Circuit Leaves Open the Question of Which Materiality Standard Should Apply in Inequitable Conduct Determinations
Corporate Counsel
October 2003
Events
Protecting, Defending and Enforcing Your Patents
Patent Strategies in Deals 2004
November 2004