List of patent attorneys and agents

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

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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 IndiaDePenning & DePenning, [http://www.depenning.com/history.htm History of DePenning & DePenning]. Consulted on 4 April 2008.T.V. Malavika, {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080201105834/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2006/04/09/stories/2006040900150200.htm Intellectual property? Right!]}}, The Hindu online, 9 April 2006. Consulted on 4 April 2008.
  • Peter Detkin of Intellectual Ventures
  • Joel S. Douglas, inventor that pioneered the first alternate-site glucose meter used to treat diabetes patients.

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  • Victor J. Evans, founder of large US patent firm of the 1910s-20s, focused on aviation, art collector

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  • 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

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  • William Newton (1786–1861), one of the earliest recorded patent agents practising in LondonBulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, 1989 V 20 pp 3–6

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Fictional characters who are patent attorneys

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