Background
Linn, Robert Allen was born on June 9, 1932 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Albertus and Rita Marie (Hogl) Linn.
lawyer Patent chemical company executive
Linn, Robert Allen was born on June 9, 1932 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Albertus and Rita Marie (Hogl) Linn.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1954. Master of Science, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1956. Postgraduate, Wayne State University, 1956—1958.
Bachelor of Laws, University Detroit, 1961. Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1980.
Bar: Michigan 1961,United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan 1962, United States Patent & Trademark Office, 1963. Toxicologist, Wayne County, Detroit, 1957-1961. Patent attorney Ethyl Corporation, Ferndale, Michigan, 1961-1964, manager patent section, 1964-1980, economist, Baton Rouge, 1980-1981, director corporation business development, Richmond, Virginia, 1981-1986, patent attorney, Baton Rouge, 1986-1988.
Patent attorney Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1988-1992, director licensing and business development photographic materials, 1992.
Member Product Development and Management Association (president 1984-1985, Cresheim award for best conference paper 1982), American Intellectual Property Association, Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association (president 1992-1993).
Married Eileen Marie Ryan, December 22, 1956 (divorced 1986). Stepchildren: Nancy Ann, Thomas Patrick, Michael Joseph, Mary Lisa. Married Patricia Moreland Gwinner, August 16, 1986.