List of patent attorneys and agents
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This is a list of notable patent attorney
s and agents, including, in the section below, fictional patent attorneys.
Patent attorney
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition...
s and agents, including, in the section below, fictional patent attorneys.
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- Charles Denton AbelCharles Denton AbelCharles Denton Abel was born in London in 1831, the grandson of August Christian Andreas Abel, who was court miniature painter to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin...
(1831–1906), first vice-president of the Chartered Institute of Patent AttorneysChartered Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys is the British professional body of patent attorneys. It was founded in 1882 as the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891...
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- Marcellus BaileyMarcellus BaileyMarcellus Bailey was an American patent attorney who, with Anthony Pollok, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.-Biography:...
(1840–1921), 1870s US law partner of Anthony PollokAnthony PollokAnthony Pollok was an American patent attorney who, with Marcellus Bailey, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.- Biography :...
who prepared telephone patents for Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.... - Alfred Ely BeachAlfred Ely BeachAlfred Ely Beach was an American inventor, publisher and patent lawyer, born in Springfield, Massachusetts.-Early years:Beach was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and was the son of a prominent publisher, Moses Beach...
, (1826–1896), inventor of the New York City SubwayNew York City SubwayThe New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit... - Sharon BowlesSharon BowlesSharon Margaret Bowles is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the European Parliament for the South East England region of the United Kingdom...
, (born 1953), BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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- Chester CarlsonChester CarlsonChester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington....
(1906–1968) - Yardley ChittickYardley ChittickCharles Yardley Chittick was for several years the oldest living patent attorney in the United States. Yardley was also the oldest living member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity...
(born 1900) - Dennis CrouchDennis CrouchDennis David Crouch is an American patent attorney who worked for McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP in Chicago, Illinois, until 2007. In 2007, he accepted a post of associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri.In 1997, he received his B.S.E...
(born 1975), professor at the University of Missouri School of LawUniversity of Missouri School of LawUniversity of Missouri School of Law is the law school of the University of Missouri, a state university in the U.S. State of Missouri. It is located on the university's main campus in Columbia, forty minutes from the Missouri State Capitol and Supreme Court in Jefferson City...
and author of the widely read patent law blog Patently-O - George Ticknor CurtisGeorge Ticknor CurtisGeorge Ticknor Curtis was an American author, writer, historian and lawyer.Curtis was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1832 and then Harvard Law School. After admittance to the Massachusetts bar in 1836, he practiced first in Boston and then in New York...
(1812–1894)
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- George Alfred DePenning, inventor to whom the first Indian patent was granted in 1856, and who later became the first patent agent in India.
- Peter DetkinPeter DetkinPeter N. Detkin is a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures.He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S.E.E. in 1982 and J.D. in 1985...
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- G. Donald HarrisonG. Donald HarrisonGeorge Donald Harrison crafted some of the finest and largest pipe organs in the United States. He started out in 1914 as a patent attorney but after military service he began to pursue an interest in pipe organ building working with Henry Willis & Sons of London.After immigrating to America,...
, (1889–1956), builder of music organsOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with... - Paul HaugheyPaul HaugheyPaul C. Haughey is a novelist, patent attorney and partner with the law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. He was an electrical engineer with Hughes Aircraft before becoming a patent attorney. His first novel, Undue Diligence, was published in 2006 and reportedly took 20 years to...
, (born 1954) - Gerald D. HosierGerald D. HosierGerald D. Hosier of Aspen, Colorado is an intellectual property attorney and a patent litigator. In 2000, Forbes magazine declared him the highest-paid lawyer in America with an income of $40 Million.-Career & clients:...
, patent litigator, named highest-paid attorney by ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
magazine in 2000
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- John ImrayJohn Imray (patent attorney)John Imray assisted in founding the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents in 1882, and served as President of the Institute from 1884 to 1886, and was therefore the second such President of the Institute....
, (1820–1902), second president of the Chartered Institute of Patent AttorneysChartered Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys is the British professional body of patent attorneys. It was founded in 1882 as the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891...
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- John Henry JohnsonJohn Henry Johnson (patent attorney)John Henry Johnson was one of the first specialist patent agents in the United Kingdom and became the founding President of the Institute of Patent Agents, now the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, on its formation in 1882.The UK firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Bromhead Johnson...
, (1828–1900), first president of the Chartered Institute of Patent AttorneysChartered Institute of Patent AttorneysThe Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys is the British professional body of patent attorneys. It was founded in 1882 as the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891...
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- Naoto KanNaoto Kanis a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. On 26 August 2011, Kan announced his resignation...
, Prime Minister of JapanPrime Minister of JapanThe is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
(since 8 June 2010) - Irving KaytonIrving KaytonIrving Kayton, Esq. is the founder of the Patent Resources Group, Inc. , which offers advanced education to patent lawyers, patent litigators, scientists and engineers. Professor Kayton is an Emeritus Law Professor at the George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia...
, former lawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
, author of Kayton on Patents - Stephan KinsellaStephan Kinsellaframe|right|Stephan KinsellaNorman Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist. His electronically published works are primarily published on his blog and websites associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute and anarcho-capitalist...
, (born 1965), LibertarianLibertarianismLibertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
legal theorist.
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- Otto LeeOtto LeeOtto O. Lee has been a Sunnyvale, California city council member since 2003, before which he was on the Planning Commission, which he chaired from 2000 to 2001. From 2005 to 2006 he was Vice Mayor and from 2006 to 2007 the 57th Mayor...
, mayor of Sunnyvale - Lewis LukLewis LukLewis Luk Tei FKC , Hong Kong based businessman, son of the late Toy Industrialist Dr. Luk Chung Lam - Chairman of Harbour Ring International Holdings Limited and Hutchison Harbour Ring Limited...
, first president of Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys
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- Alan MacPhersonAlan MacPhersonAlan H. MacPherson was an American patent attorney based in California that many considered to be the "dean of patent law" in the Bay Area. MacPherson was born in Calais, Maine on August 10, 1934...
, (1934–2008), the "dean of patent law" in Silicon Valley - Howard T. Markey, (1921–2006), Chief Judge Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Chicago patent lawyer, major general Air Force Reserve, test pilotTest pilotA test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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- William Newton, (1786–1861), One of the earliest recorded patent agents practising in London
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- Anthony PollokAnthony PollokAnthony Pollok was an American patent attorney who, with Marcellus Bailey, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.- Biography :...
(1829–1898), 1870s US law partner of Marcellus BaileyMarcellus BaileyMarcellus Bailey was an American patent attorney who, with Anthony Pollok, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.-Biography:...
who prepared telephone patents for Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
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- Daniel RavicherDaniel RavicherDaniel "Dan" Ravicher serves as Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation .-External links:* *...
, Senior Counsel to the Free Software FoundationFree Software FoundationThe Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software... - Greg "Fossilman" RaymerGreg RaymerGregory Raymer nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event.-Early life:...
, (born in 1964), winner of the main event at the 20042004 World Series of PokerThe 2004 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January...
World Series of PokerWorld Series of PokerThe World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment... - Malcolm RoyalMalcolm RoyalMalcolm Royal was an Australian patent and trade mark attorney and intellectual property law educator.-Education and career :...
, (1941–2006), Australian patent attorney and educator - Giles Sutherland RichGiles Sutherland RichGiles Sutherland Rich was a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit , and arguably had more influence than any other individual on modern U.S. patent law.Rich was born May 30, 1904 in Rochester, New York...
(1904–1999)
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- Günter WächtershäuserGünter WächtershäuserGünter Wächtershäuser , a German chemist turned patent lawyer, is mainly known for his work on the origin of life, and in particular his iron-sulfur world theory, a theory that life on Earth had hydrothermal origins...
, origin of life theorist. - John G. WilsonJohn G. WilsonJohn Guy Wilson was a Manchester, UK patent agent and the founder of Wilson Gunn, one of the oldest firms of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK. John G. Wilson built up the business until his death in the 1890s. As a side line he acted as agent to the Alliance Insurance Company. There is...
, founder of Wilson Gunn Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Fictional characters who are patent attorneys
- Calvins father (in comicsComicsComics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
series Calvin and HobbesCalvin and HobbesCalvin and Hobbes is a syndicated daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, and syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his...
– the father of Bill WattersonBill WattersonWilliam Boyd Watterson II , known as Bill Watterson, is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes...
, the creator of this cartoon series, is a patent attorney) - Oliver Farnsworth (from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth; also played by Buck HenryBuck HenryHenry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
in its film adaptationThe Man Who Fell to Earth (film)The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg.The film is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought...
, of the same name). - Wally Mason (in the book Notes of a Patent Attorney: The Wally Mason Stories by Brian C. Coad)
- George Stobbart (from the Broken SwordBroken SwordBroken Sword is a video game series created by game designer Charles Cecil of Revolution Software. The game series revolves around the adventures of Idaho-born George Stobbart and the French Nico Collard in several fictitious stories based on history and mythology. The first two games in the series...
adventure gameAdventure gameAn adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
s) - Harry Wykoff (in the six-hour mini-series Wild PalmsWild PalmsWild Palms is a six-hour mini-series, which first aired in May 1993 on the ABC network in the United States. Written by Bruce Wagner, who was also the executive producer, Wild Palms was a sci-fi drama about the dangers of brainwashing through technology and drugs...
) - Joe Nile, the patent attorney protagonist in the novel "Undue Diligence" by Paul HaugheyPaul HaugheyPaul C. Haughey is a novelist, patent attorney and partner with the law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. He was an electrical engineer with Hughes Aircraft before becoming a patent attorney. His first novel, Undue Diligence, was published in 2006 and reportedly took 20 years to...
. - Eustis Miller is patent attorney in the TV series King of the HillKing of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
and father of Bobby's classmate Randy. - The character, Jim Eisenberg, played by Adam ArkinAdam ArkinAdam Arkin is an American television, film and stage actor and director. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards , and a DGA Award...
in the TV miniseries "A Year in the LifeA Year in the LifeA Year in the Life was a 1986 Emmy Award–winning miniseries and a one hour dramatic series which ran on NBC during the 1987–1988 television season, created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey A Year in the Life was a 1986 Emmy Award–winning miniseries and a one hour dramatic series which ran on NBC...
" - In one of the episodes of the TV series Ally McBealAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
, she considers dating a patent attorney who is regarded as "harmless". - Harriet Korn, played by Kathy BatesKathy BatesKathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates is an American actress and director.After several small roles in film and television, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery , for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe...
, of Harry's LawHarry's LawHarry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011...
is a recently-fired patent lawyer.