List of patent attorneys and agents

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

A

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

B

• Marcellus Bailey (1840–1921), 1870s US 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)
• Yardley Chittick (born 1900)
• 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

F

• Richard Frenkel, once anonymous author of the Patent Troll Tracker blog

G

• Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of Wizardry computer game

H

• G. Donald Harrison, (1889–1956), builder of music organs
• Paul Haughey, (born 1954)
• 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 (since 8 June 2010)
• Irving Kayton, former law professor, author of Kayton on Patents
• Florence King, (1870-1924), the first female patent attorney in America
• Stephan Kinsella, (born 1965), Libertarian legal theorist.

L

• Otto Lee, mayor of Sunnyvale
• Lewis Luk, first 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 in 1964), winner of the main event at the 2004 World Series of Poker
• Malcolm Royal, (1941–2006), Australian patent attorney and educator
• Giles Sutherland Rich (1904–1999)

T

• Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr., (1858–1942)

W

• Günter Wächtershäuser, origin of life theorist.
• Thomas Blanco White, British patent lawyer, and an inductee to the IP (Intellectual property) Hall of Fame in 2010.
• John G. Wilson, founder of Wilson Gunn Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys^[4]

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; also played by Buck Henry in its film adaptation, of the same name).
• Harriet Korn, played by Kathy Bates, of Harry's Law is 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 is patent attorney in the TV series King of the Hill and father of Bobby's classmate Randy.
• Joe Nile, the patent attorney protagonist in the novel "Undue Diligence" by Paul Haughey.
• George Stobbart (from the Broken Sword adventure games)
• Harry Wykoff (in the six-hour mini-series Wild Palms)
• In one of the episodes of the TV series Ally McBeal, she considers dating a patent attorney who is regarded as "harmless".
• Calvin's father (in comics series 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