Jon Dudas

Jon Dudas

male
University of Chicago alumni, from Chicago, American federal lawyer, from Illinois, Jon W. Dudas, United States Department of Commerce…UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice
Jon W. Dudas serves as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),...
Samuel Hopkins

Samuel Hopkins

male, deceased (1803)
United States Secretary of War, quaker, Pearlash, Pearl ash, Steve Simpleton, potash…UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice, patent, patent office
Samuel Hopkins was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On July 31, 1790 he was granted the first U.S. patent, under the new U.S....
Peter Detkin

Peter Detkin

male
Peter N. Detkin, University of Pennsylvania, patent troll, Intellectual Ventures, UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice, General Counsel…u.s. patent office, patent attorney
Peter N. Detkin is a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S.E.E. in 1982 and J.D....
John Platt

John Platt

male, 46 years old
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft employee, Knowledge Tools Group, California Institute of Technology alumni, Synaptics, Ph.D. at Computer Science at Caltech…patent, UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Dr John Platt is a senior researcher in the Knowledge Tools Group at Microsoft Corporation. Platt has worked for Microsoft since 1997. Prior to...
Shunpei Yamazaki

Shunpei Yamazaki

male
inventor, united states district court, patent, computer display, Japanese, Samsung…UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice, United States court of appeals
Shunpei Yamazaki is a Japanese inventor in the field of computer science and solid-state physicist. He holds over 1,400 U.S. patents - more than...
Gordon Gould

Gordon Gould

male, deceased (2005)
laser, patent, Columbia University alumni, Yale University alumni, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Sigma Chi brother…UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice
Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is widely (but not universally) credited as the inventor of the laser. He is best known for his...
Mary Dixon Kies

Mary Dixon Kies

female, deceased (1837)
National Inventors Hall of Fame, American, inventor, patent office, thread, patent…UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice
Mary Dixon Kies (March 21, 1752 - 1837) was an early 19th-century American who was the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the Patent...

Charles H. Duell

male
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Charles H. Duell was the commissioner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1899 and is famous for purportedly saying "Everything...