Deborah Sterling Email & Phone Number

I am a Director in and former Chair of Sterne Kessler’s Biotechnology & Chemical Practice Group. My practice is focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, where I counsel clients from around the world in all areas of patent procurement, including domestic and foreign patent preparation, and lifecycle management strategies. Her practice also includes counseling clients on intellectual property strategy, including freedom-to-operate and patentability issues, validity and infringement issues, and due diligence investigations in connection with acquisitions and investments.My experience includes representing clients in over 75 post-grant proceedings and multiple patent interferences and reexaminations. She has also been involved in multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent litigations, including those brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act. I leverage my experience in inter partes disputes to help patent owners craft and execute patent strategies that best align with their business needs.To read my full biography, please visit sternekessler.com.Specialties: Post-grant proceedings; Inter partes review; Hatch-Waxman: Generic & Proprietary; Opinions; Interferences; Reexamination; Litigation and Appeals; Patent Law Reform - America Invents Act; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Clean Technology, Consumer Products.

Listed skills include Patents, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology, Patent Prosecution, and 15 others.