Sharon is a European Patent Attorney, US Patent Agent, and a Chinese Patent Attorney with over 20 years of experience in patent law, particularly German, European, and US patent prosecution. She has prior industry experience as a telecommunications engineer with Nokia in China.
Shortly after obtaining her Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada, Sharon moved to Germany and started her patent attorney career in Munich in 2003. In 2013, Sharon had the opportunity of relocating to California, US, where she continued working as a patent attorney until 2020 and successfully obtained her US Patent Agent license.
Thanks to her unique international experience and fluency in English, German, and Chinese, Sharon is particularly skilful at advising and guiding international clients through German and European patent prosecution. Apart from prosecution, Sharon has also rich experience in opposition and appeal proceedings before the German Patent Office as well the European Patent Office.