Richard Linn
| Richard Linn | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
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Assumed office October 31, 2012 |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
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In office November 20, 1999 – October 31, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Giles Rich |
| Succeeded by | Raymond T. Chen |
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Richard Linn April 13, 1944 Brooklyn, New York |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.E.E. Georgetown University Law Center J.D. |
Richard Linn (born April 13, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
As a youth, Linn attended Poly Prep Country Day School. He earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965. He was a patent examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office from 1965 to 1968. He earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969. Linn served as a patent adviser in the Office of Naval Research of the Naval Air Systems Command from 1971 to 1972. He specialized in patent and intellectual property law in private practice at the law firms of Marks & Murase, and Foley & Lardner.
Linn was nominated by President Bill Clinton on September 28, 1999, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated by Judge Giles Rich. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 19, 1999, and received commission on November 22, 1999. He was sworn in on January 1, 2000. He assumed senior status on October 31, 2012.
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