Charles Denton Abel (1831 – 1906) was an English patent attorney who co-founded and served as Vice President and President of
the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is the British professional body of patent attorneys.
History
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) was founded in 1882 as the ''Chartered Institute of Patent Agents'' and incorpor ...
.
Biogray
Charles 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,
[Abel & Imray "1871-1971" centenary brochure] and the younger brother of the chemist and explosives expert, Sir
Frederick Abel
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 18276 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in f ...
, Chairman and Albert Medallist of the Society of Arts.
[http://www.williamshipleygroup.btik.com/attachments/Newsletter%208.pdf]
In 1856 Abel entered into partnership with Mr. Charles Cowper, a patent agent, in England.
Following Mr. Cowper's death in 1860, Abel continued his work as a patent attorney and in 1871 entered into partnership with
John Imray to form
Abel & Imray
Abel & Imray LLP (or Abel + Imray) is a European firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, with offices in London, Bath, Cardiff, and Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, ...
with offices in the Holborn area of London, a firm which still operates under that name today.
Abel assisted in founding the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is the British professional body of patent attorneys.
History
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) was founded in 1882 as the ''Chartered Institute of Patent Agents'' and incorpor ...
in 1882, and was the first Vice President of the Chartered Institute. He later served as President from 1897 to 1899.
[http://www.cipa.org.uk/download_files/CIPA_1943-44.pdf]
He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1886 and was awarded the Society’s Gold Medal for his paper on ‘The Patent Laws’ in 1904.
Abel died in 1906.
References
External links
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Abel & Imray's current websiteWebsite of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
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1906 deaths
1831 births
Patent attorneys
19th-century English lawyers