Education
- cum laude
- Wayne Law Review, Comment Editor
- Biology
- Doctorate Title: Organotypic Slice Culture of Salamander Limbs: Identification and Investigation of Nerve Derived BMP2 in an Organotypic In Vitro Assay
- Biology
- with honors
Admissions
- Michigan
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Overview
Dr. Jeffrey Lehrberg assists clients in a wide range of intellectual property matters—particularly intellectual property issues concerning the life sciences.
His practice includes providing global patent procurement and prosecution strategies; patent landscape assessments; competitor monitoring; and performing freedom to operate and patentability assessments.
Dr. Lehrberg obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, where he studied the cellular and molecular underpinnings behind the nerve dependency of salamander limb regeneration. In 2013, he was awarded a Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience by the Grass Foundation.
After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Lehrberg worked in the dental implant industry for several years, writing manuals on surgical procedures, performing research, and performing reliability engineering on implant systems.
Dr. Lehrberg has written and prosecuted patents directed to complex life science subject matter including: the use of cell-based systems for the production of drugs (e.g., cannabinoids); the directed evolution of novel traits in recombinant organisms; methods of bispecific antibody production and isolation; methods of drug delivery using exosomes as a delivery vehicle; genetic testing methods and kits; CRISPR, TALEN and Zinc Finger gene editing technologies; and the creation of transgenic animals and plants.
In addition, Dr. Lehrberg has considerable intellectual property experience in the area of biopesticides, e.g., sea anemone toxins, arachnid venoms, bacterial proteins, and fungal proteins.
Dr. Lehrberg is a former U.S. Navy Deep Sea Diver and combat photographer who took part in missions in the Arctic, South America, Africa, and the Middle East in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Recognition
Awards
Robert Blasier Annual Law Scholarship, 2016
Fishman Stewart, PLLC Scholarship, 2016
Grass Fellow in Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratory, 2013
Departmental Honors, University of Oregon, 2009
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, 2005
Navy Expeditionary Medal, 2004
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, 2003