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patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
-related institutions. For a list of notable inventors, see
list of inventors This is a list of notable inventors. Alphabetical list A * Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Russia – camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread), gearless ice climbing anchor * Ernst Karl Abbe (1840–1905), Germany – Condenser (micros ...
. For a list of notable patent attorneys, see
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 ...
. For a list of notable patent examiners and clerks, see
patent examiner A patent examiner (or, historically, a patent clerk) is an employee, usually a civil servant with a scientific or engineering background, working at a patent office. Major employers of patent examiners are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Un ...
. Although this list is not intended to include inventors, patent attorneys and patent clerks, those may also be inserted in this list if they made a durable impact on patent law, or patent-related institutions. __NOTOC__


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* Arrow, Kenneth (a joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with
John Hicks Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economi ...
), known for Arrow information paradox, a problem that companies face when managing intellectual property across their boundaries


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* Banner, Don (1924–2006), former Commissioner of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...
(USPTO) * Battistelli, Benoît (born 1950), former president of the European Patent Office * van Benthem, Johannes Bob (1921–2006), first president of the
European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation
* Bodenhausen, Georg, former director of BIRPI and first Director General of
World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishi ...
(WIPO) * Bogsch, Árpád (1919–2004), former Director General of WIPO * Bolkestein, Frits (born 1933), former European Commissioner for the Internal Market * Braendli, Paul, second president of the European Patent Office * Brimelow, Alison (born 1949), ex-Comptroller General of the
United Kingdom Patent Office The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK ...
, fifth president of the European Patent Office


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* Dickinson, Q. Todd, former head of the USPTO * Doll, John J., former acting United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the USPTO * Dudas, Jon W., former head of the USPTO and U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property


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* Grossenbacher, Roland, former chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation * Guellec, Dominique, French economist and former chief economist at the European Patent Office * Gurry, Francis, current Director General of the WIPO *
George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
, the signer of the first patent


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* Haberman, Mandy, famous British inventor of the ''Any-way up Cup'' * Haertel, Kurt (1910–2000), considered one of the founding fathers of the European patent system


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* Idris, Kamil, former WIPO Director General


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* Jefferson, Thomas, first United States Commissioner of Patents


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* Kappos, David, former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office * Kober, Ingo (born 1942), third president of the European Patent Office


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* Laddie, Sir Hugh (1946–2008), former UK judge * Lehman, Bruce (born 1945), former U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks * Lemelson, Jerome H. (1923–1997), controversial American inventor and patent holder, associated with submarine patents


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* Marchant, Ron, former Comptroller General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (UK), also Trade Mark Registrar, Designs Registrar and Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Patent Office, now known as the UK Intellectual Property Office. * Markey, Howard T. (1920–2006), first chief justice of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in case citations, Fed. Cir. or C.A.F.C.) is a United States court of appeals that has special appellate jurisdiction over certain types of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court ...
* Messerli, Peter, former Vice-President, head of the DG 3 (Appeals) of the European Patent Office (EPO)


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* Nakajima, Makoto, former head of Japan Patent Office * Nies, Helen, former chief judge of
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in case citations, Fed. Cir. or C.A.F.C.) is a United States court of appeals that has special appellate jurisdiction over certain types of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court ...
(deceased).


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* Ono, Shinjiro, former Deputy commissioner of the Japan Patent Office


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* Phillips, Jeremy,
academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...
and author in intellectual property law * Pompidou, Alain (born 1942), French scientist and politician, fourth president of the
European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation
* van Pottelsberghe, Bruno (born 1968), chief economist at the European Patent Organisation * Prescott, Peter QC, Patent Barrister and occasional Deputy
High Court of England and Wales The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (England ...
judge in matters relating to patents (United Kingdom)


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Giles Sutherland Rich Giles Sutherland Rich (May 30, 1904 – June 9, 1999) was an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and later on was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circu ...
, (1904–1999) United States Judge, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. * Rader, Randall (born 1949), federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. * Rogan, James E. (born 1957), former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, U.S., and former director of USPTO


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* Singer, Romuald, author of Singer & Stauder, ''The European Patent Convention – A Commentary'' * Stallman, Richard, Campaigner on public interest and
Free and Open Source Software Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...
. * Stauder, Dieter, former Director of the International Section of the Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI), author of Singer & Stauder, ''The European Patent Convention – A Commentary'' * Stern, Richard H., academic, author on intellectual property, and former chief of Patent Section in U.S. Department of Justice * Straus, Joseph, director of the
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb) is a Munich, Germany, based research institute, which is part of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, which mana ...
and leading patent scholar
IP Hall of Fame 2007
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* Sugimura, Nobuchika, first chairman of the
Japan Patent Attorneys Association The (JPAA), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is the only one national, professional bar association of Japanese patent attorneys (Benrishi) with approximately 10,000 members. History The Japanese Patent Attorney System was established on July 1, 1 ...
* Suzuki, Takashi (born 1949), Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office since July 2008


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* Takahashi, Korekiyo (1854–1936), first commissioner of the Japan Patent Office, then
Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Sta ...


See also

* Glossary of patent law terms


References

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External links and references


''IP Hall of Fame''
web site sponsored by the IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) Magazine
Patent law A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
People associated with patent law