Raymond T. Chen
{{Short description|American judge (born 1968)}}
{{Other people5|Ray Chen (disambiguation)}}
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Raymond Tsong-he Chen (born 1968) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 2013.
Early life and education
Chen was born in 1968 in New York City to a Taiwanese American family.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-01 |title=CAPAC Applauds Confirmation of Raymond T. Chen to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit {{!}} Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) |url=https://capac.house.gov/press-release/capac-applauds-confirmation-raymond-t-chen-us-court-appeals-federal-circuit |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=capac.house.gov |language=en}} He was educated and raised in Huntington Beach, California, where he graduated from Edison High School in 1986.{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2013 |title=Raymond Chen To Be Honored at OCA-DC Gala |url=https://www.asianfortunenews.com/2013/11/profile-raymond-chen-to-be-honored-at-oca-dc-gala/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Asian Fortune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame Inductees – 2018 {{!}} Edison High School Alumni Hall of Fame |url=https://www.edisonhbalumnihof.com/hall-of-fame-inductees-2018/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.edisonhbalumnihof.com}} Both of his parents earned doctorates; Chen's father, Paul Chen, was a senior chemical engineer at an engineering company in Irvine, California, and his mother, Pei-ching Chen, worked as a software engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Chen's maternal grandfather, Tsuin-chen Ou, served as the vice minister of education for the Kuomintang in Taiwan.
Chen received a scholarship from United Technologies to study at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in electrical engineering with membership in Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. From 1989 to 1991, he was employed as a scientist for the law firm of Hecker & Harriman (now Hecker Law Group). He then earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the New York University School of Law in 1994.
Biography
Chen was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1994 and joined the intellectual property law firm of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in Irvine, California. He prosecuted patents and represented clients in intellectual property litigation at that firm.Raymond T. Chen, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judges/raymond-t-chen From 1996 to 1998, he served as a technical assistant at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, performing the functions of a staff attorney. From 1998 to 2013, he served in the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an assistant solicitor and was promoted to Solicitor in 2008. He represented the USPTO before the Federal Circuit, personally arguing twenty cases, including In re Bilski, In re Nuijten, and In re Comiskey.{{cite web|url=http://www.uspto.gov/about/bios/chen_bio.jsp|title=USPTO bio for Raymond T. Chen|access-date=2013-02-07|archive-date=2013-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802191706/http://www.uspto.gov/about/bios/chen_bio.jsp|url-status=live}} In that role, he issued guidance to patent examiners, advised the agency on legal and policy issues and helped promulgate regulations. He has co-chaired the Patent and Trademark Office Committee of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Federal Circuit.{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/07/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-us-court-appeals-federal-circuit|title=President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|date=7 February 2013|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216161447/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/07/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-us-court-appeals-federal-circuit|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Raymond-Chen-Senate-Questionnaire.pdf|title=Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire|access-date=2013-02-14|archive-date=2017-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128125505/http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/113thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/Chen-Senate-Questionnaire.pdf|url-status=live}}
=Federal judicial service=
On February 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Chen to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard Linn who assumed senior status on October 31, 2012. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 16, 2013, by a voice vote. The Senate confirmed Chen's nomination on August 1, 2013 by a 97–0 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00198|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Raymond T. Chen, of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit)|access-date=2013-08-01}} He received his commission on August 2, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chen-raymond-t.|title=Chen, Raymond T. – Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov|access-date=2017-04-13}} He assumed office on August 5, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judges/raymond-t-chen|title=RAYMOND T. CHEN – US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|access-date=2015-08-21|archive-date=2015-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817073940/http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judges/raymond-t-chen|url-status=live}} Chen is also the second Asian American judge to be on the Federal Circuit, the first being Shiro Kashiwa (1982–1986).{{cite web|url=http://www.asianfortunenews.com/2013/11/profile-raymond-chen-to-be-honored-at-oca-dc-gala/|title=PROFILE: Raymond Chen To Be Honored at OCA-DC Gala – Asian Fortune|date=7 November 2013 |access-date=2016-11-21|archive-date=2016-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122153305/http://www.asianfortunenews.com/2013/11/profile-raymond-chen-to-be-honored-at-oca-dc-gala/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Chen's wife, Lisa Kuang-ling Hsiao, was an associate attorney at the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University. They married on August 23, 1997.{{Cite news |date=August 24, 1997 |title=Lisa Hsiao and Raymond Chen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/24/style/lisa-hsiao-and-raymond-chen.html |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
As of 2024, Chen is a member of the board of trustees of the New York University School of Law.{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees {{!}} NYU School of Law |url=https://www.law.nyu.edu/about/trustees |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.law.nyu.edu}}
See also
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- {{Ballotpedia|Raymond_Chen|Raymond Chen}}
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