Background
Bates, Albert Harlan was born on January 24, 1869 in Cincinnati. Son of Cyrus S. and Laverna (Sutherland) Bates.
Bates, Albert Harlan was born on January 24, 1869 in Cincinnati. Son of Cyrus S. and Laverna (Sutherland) Bates.
Student Kenyon Military Academy, 1884, Brooks Military Academy, 1885-1886. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1889. Bachelor of Laws, Ohio State University, 1892.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1892. Associate legal department Brush Electric Company, Cleveland, 1892-1893, Robert H. Parkinson, patent lawyer, Chicago, 1893-1896. Practice patent, trademark, copyright law, Cleveland, 1896-1951, retired.
Member A.S.M.E. (50 year. Member), American Bar Association, American, Cleveland (past president) patent law associations New England Society Cleveland and Western Reserve, Cleveland Engineering Society, Northern Ohio Lehigh Association, Psl Upsilon.
Married Kathleen Jones, October 11, 1904. Children: Margaret Sutherland (Mistress Walter V. Diener), Darwin Sutherland.