• Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  Judge

  1999 – 2012 · 13 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Adjunct professor of law

  George Washington University Law School

  2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1972 – 1999 · 27 yrs

• Patent advisor

  Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems Command

  1971 – 1972 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1969 – 1971 · 2 yrs

• Patent examiner

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  1965 – 1968 · 3 yrs

Education