Rich, Giles S.

  1. Rich, Giles S.
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1904, May 30 Born, Rochester, N.Y. 1926 Bachelor of science, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1929 Bachelor of law, Columbia University School of Law, New York, N.Y. 1929 1952 Private practice in patent and trademark law, Williams, Rich and Morse, New York, N.Y. 1931 Married Gertrude Verity Braun (died 1953) 1942 1956 Lecturer on patent law, Columbia University School of General Studies, New York, N.Y. 1950 1951 President, New York Patent Law Association 1950 Member, Drafting Committee, Coordinating Committee of the National Council of Patent Law Associations, which drafted the Patent Act of 1952 1952 1956 Private practice in patent and trademark law, Churchill, Rich, Weymouth and Engel, New York, N.Y. 1953 Married Helen Gill Field 1956 1982 Associate judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1963 Received Charles F. Kettering Award from the Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Research Institute, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1963 1969 Adjunct professor of patent law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. 1979 Wrote the opinion for In re Bergy recognizing the patentability of genetically engineered life forms 1980 In re Bergy affirmed by the Supreme Court in Diamond v. Chakrabarty 1982 1999 Circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, created by the merger of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the Court of Claims 1999, June 9 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Giles S. Rich Papers, 1790-1999, (bulk 1956-1999), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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