Mary R. Bram is an associate in the firm's Washington, DC office and focuses her practice primarily on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Mary has experience with chemical engineering technologies, petroleum chemistry, organic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, polymer chemistry, and construction materials. She also assists in foreign prosecution and the preparation of freedom to operate, validity, and infringement opinions.
Prior to law school, Mary worked at a small intellectual property law firm where she drafted numerous applications in the mechanical arts and participated in copyright infringement litigation matters. Additionally, she drafted applications relating to magnetorheological fluids and nanoparticles. She was also an intern at the United States Patent & Trademark Office in Technology Center 1600.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Mary was an extern with a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps' prosecution office. Her responsibilities as an extern included conducting legal research, drafting memoranda, drafting motions, drafting stipulations of fact, and interviewing witnesses.
Mary is admitted to the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
Other Affiliations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Publications
· "Solving the Procedural Quagmire for Testing Reverse Payment Settlements," Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology (Spring 2010). Co-Authors: Richard McMillan, Jr., Mary Bram and M. Brinkley Tappan.
Alerts & Newsletters
· "USPTO Announces Interim Recalculation of Patent Term Adjustment in view of Wyeth," Life Sciences Alert (February 1, 2010). Contacts: Joseph D. Evans, Mary R. Bram.
· "One-way Test For Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Does Not Require Full Graham Analysis," Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses (November 24, 2008). Contact: Mary R. Bram.
· "Patent Challenger Entitled to Remand on Anticipation Despite Jury Verdict of Nonobviousness," Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses (October 22, 2008). Contacts: Mark Supko, Mary R. Bram.
· "Notwithstanding Infringer's Timely Efforts To Cease Infringing Activity, Damages Accrue After Actual Notice of Infringement," Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses (September 17, 2008). Contacts: Mark Supko, Mary R. Bram.