List of patent attorneys and agents

This is a list of notable patent attorneys and agents, including, in the section below, fictional patent attorneys.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Charles Denton Abel (1831–1906), first vice-president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

B

• Marcellus Bailey (1840–1921), 1870s U.S. law partner of Anthony Pollok who prepared telephone patents for Alexander Graham Bell
• Alfred Ely Beach (1826–1896), inventor of the New York City Subway
• Sharon Bowles (born 1953), British MEP

C

• Chester Carlson (1906–1968)
• William Percy Carpmael (1853–1936), founder and first president of the rugby union Barbarian Football Club
• Yardley Chittick (1900–2008)
• Dennis Crouch (born 1975), professor at the University of Missouri School of Law and author of the widely read patent law blog Patently-O
• George Ticknor Curtis (1812–1894)

D

• George Alfred DePenning, inventor to whom the first Indian patent was granted in 1856, and who later became the first patent agent in India ^{[1] [2]}
• Peter Detkin
• Joel S. Douglas, inventor that pioneered the first alternate-site glucose meter used to treat diabetes patients.

F

• Frederick Perry Fish, one of the leading patent attorneys in the late 19th century in America representing numerous high-profile clients from the Wright Brothers, General Electric, AT&T, founder of the intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson
• Richard Frenkel, once-anonymous author of the Patent Troll Tracker blog

G

• Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of the Wizardry computer game
• Edith Julia Griswold, in her day, she was the only woman patent expert

H

• G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956), builder of music organs
• Walter de Havilland (1872–1968), father of film stars Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
• Ralph Horween (1896–1997), Harvard Crimson and NFL football player
• Gerald D. Hosier, patent litigator, named highest-paid attorney by Forbes magazine in 2000

I

• John Imray (1820–1902), second president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

J

• John Henry Johnson (1828–1900), first president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

K

• Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan (2010–2011)
• William ("Bill") Keefauver, formerly chief patent lawyer for Bell Labs; responsible for Gottschalk v. Benson , test case in which Bell Labs attempted (unsuccessfully) to get patent on algorithm; later Vice President and General Counsel of AT&T Bell Laboratories and Corporate Vice President – Law of AT&T with responsibility for intellectual property law matters
• Florence King (1870–1924), first female patent attorney in America
• Stephan Kinsella (born 1965), Libertarian legal theorist

L

• Otto Lee, mayor of Sunnyvale

+Dr. Lewis Luk, president of Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys.

M

• Alan MacPherson (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 pilot in World War II

N

• William Newton (1786–1861), one of the earliest recorded patent agents practising in London ^[3]

P

• Anthony Pollok (1829–1898), 1870s US law partner of Marcellus Bailey who prepared telephone patents for Alexander Graham Bell

R

• Daniel Ravicher, Senior Counsel to the Free Software Foundation
• Greg "Fossilman" Raymer (born 1964), winner of the main event at the 2004 World Series of Poker
• Giles Sutherland Rich (1904–1999)
• Malcolm Royal (1941–2006), Australian patent attorney and educator

S

• Richard H. Stern (born 1931), Chief of U.S. Justice Department Patent Sec. (1970–1979), of counsel to government in Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. , Lear, Inc. v. Adkins , Gottschalk v. Benson , United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd. , Dann v. Johnston , Parker v. Flook . Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School (since 1990).

T

• Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr. (1858–1942)
• Timothy Tau, writer, filmmaker, law professor & federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Roy S. Payne

V

• Vriesendorp & Gaade, Dutch patent lawyers

W

• Günter Wächtershäuser, origin of life theorist
• Thomas Blanco White, British patent lawyer; inductee to the IP (Intellectual property) Hall of Fame in 2010
• Warren Woessner, poet and named partner of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Fictional characters who are patent attorneys

• Jim Eisenberg, played by Adam Arkin in the TV miniseries A Year in the Life
• Oliver Farnsworth, from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth ; played by Buck Henry in its film adaptation, of the same name
• Harriet Korn, played by Kathy Bates, of Harry's Law , a recently fired patent lawyer
• Wally Mason, in the book Notes of a Patent Attorney: The Wally Mason Stories by Brian C. Coad
• Eustis Miller, in the TV series King of the Hill ; father of Bobby's classmate Randy
• George Stobbart, from the Broken Sword adventure games
• Harry Wykoff, in the six-hour mini-series Wild Palms
• Calvin's father, in comic strip Calvin and Hobbes ; the father of Bill Watterson, the creator of this cartoon series, is a patent attorney

See also

• List of people associated with patent law

References

1. DePenning & DePenning, History of DePenning & DePenning. Consulted on 4 April 2008.
2. T.V. Malavika, Intellectual property? Right! ^[usurped] , The Hindu online, 9 April 2006. Consulted on 4 April 2008.
3. Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, 1989 V 20 pp 3–6