David E. Crawford

Mr. Crawford has extensive experience and expertise preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. and throughout the world. He conducts freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity studies, prepares and negotiates licenses and other agreements related to intellectual property, and prepares and prosecutes trademark and copyright registrations. Mr. Crawford has litigated matters locally and across the country, he is an authority on design patent protection, and he regularly works for entities ranging from individuals and start-up companies to established national corporations and multi-national conglomerates. Mr. Crawford has provided patent services in diverse technologies, including medical devices and surgical instruments, industrial processing equipment, packaging and manufacturing systems, aircraft systems and engines, bulk handling equipment, semiconductor processing equipment, control systems, business methods, construction equipment, electric motors, lubrication equipment, air handling systems, combustors, automotive systems, nanotechnology, composite material fabrication, home appliances, sports equipment, hand and power tools, hardware, footwear, diapers, feminine care products, furniture, fluid power systems, welding equipment, optics and lasers, cooling equipment, cable management systems, and software. For a decade before becoming a patent attorney, Mr. Crawford worked as a design engineer at GE Aircraft Engines where he was responsible for numerous military engine components. Prior to working for GE, Mr. Crawford designed and built portions of a hexiped walking transport for the Department of Defense, and performed various engineering tasks at two nuclear material processing facilities for the Department of Energy. "The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements." - Mo. S. Ct. Rule 4-7.2(f).

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Missouri

Since 1994

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Since 1994

Founding Member

Crawford IP Law

2017 - Current

Patent Attorney, Mediator, Intellectual Property Counselor at Law

Partner

Senniger Powers LLP

2007 - 2017

Partner

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now Dentons)

2002 - 2007

Partner

Senniger Powers Leavitt & Roedel

1995 - 2002

Associate Attorney

Rogers, Howell & Haferkamp (now Thompson Coburn)

1993 - 1995

Military Turbine Design Engineer

GE Aircraft Engines (now GE Aviation)

1983 - 1993

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University

J.D. (1993) | Law

1993

Evening Division

Honors: Law Review

University of Cincinnati

M.S. (1987) | Engineering

1987

The Ohio State University

B.S. (1983) | Mechanical Engineering

1983

Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Texnikoi

James T. Britt Memorial

The Missouri Bar

2017

President's Outstanding Service Award

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

2016

Warren Welliver

Missouri Bar

2011

Golden Anniversary Fellow

St. Louis Bar Foundation

2006

Distinguished Fellow

St. Louis Bar Foundation

2001

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Member (President 2008-09, Executive Committee 2002-12, Board of Governors 2000, 2012, 16, 17) Chair of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Section 2000-01)

1994 - Current

Missouri Bar

Member (Intervention Committee 2017-, Co-Chair Lawyers' Assistance Committee 2015-2017)

1994 - Current

Engineers' Club of St. Louis

Member (Board of Directors 1997-99)

1993 - Current

American Bar Association

Member (House of Delegates 2016-17)

1990 - Current

NKU Chase College of Law, Transactional Law Practice Center

Board of Advisors (Founding Partner 2011)

2010 - 2018

Professional Engineer (retired)

State of Missouri

Professional Engineer (inactive)

State of Ohio