B. B. Olive

Background

Olive, B. B. was born on November 5, 1921 in Fuquay-Springs, North Carolina, United States.

Education

The Pennsylvania State College and Duke University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with honors, 1948). Saint John"s University (Bachelor of Laws, 1953. Juris Doctor, 1968).

Career

Worked at Olive and Olive, P.A. (Durham, North Carolina) specializing in Patents. Admitted to the bar, 1953, New New York 1956, North Carolina.

1958, United States.

District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina. 1974, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. United States. Supreme Court.

Registered to practice before United States.

Patent and Trademark Office. Tau Beta Pi; Pi Mu Epsilon.

Omicron Delta Kappa. Sigma Xi. Recipient: Duke University Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, 1970 and Trustee Recognition, 1983.

Governor"s Volunteer Award, 1980.

Author: "Acquiring and Establishing Proprietary Rights," North Carolina Bar Association Institute, 1960. "Transportation Policy and Energy Considerations," Energy Technologies and Policies for North Carolina, 1978. "Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Foreign The Entrepreneur," Duke University Conference on Entrepreneurship, 1986.

Adjunct Professor in Engineering and Patent Law, Duke University, 1957-1972.

Chairman, Duke University Alumni Committee on Publications, 1963-1964. President, Duke Engineering Alumni Association, 1964-1965.

Member, North Carolina Academy of Science, 1977-1982. Board Member, Council Foreign Entrepreneurial Development, 1985-1987.

Secretary/Director, Member Executive Committee, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1983-1988 and 1990-1994.

Member, Chairman of Trustees, Durham Historic Preservation Society, 1993-1995. Member: Durham County, North Carolina (Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee, 1966-1968) Bar Associations. Fourteenth Judicial District and The North Carolina State Bars.

Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1982, 1987-1990.

Member, Fourteenth Judicial District Grievance Committee, 1993-1995. North Carolina Bar Association Continuing Legal Education and Publication Committees.

Program Chairman, Senior Lawyers Division. Member and Legal Subcommittee Company-Chair, North Carolina Biotechnology Center Advisory Council).

Achievements

• B. B. Olive has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, North Carolina Academy of Science, 1977-1982. Board Member, Council Foreign Entrepreneurial Development, 1985-1987. Secretary/Director, Member Executive Committee, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1983-1988 and 1990-1994.

Member, Chairman of Trustees, Durham Historic Preservation Society, 1993-1995.

Member: Durham County, North Carolina (Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee, 1966-1968) Bar Associations. Fourteenth Judicial District and The North Carolina State Bars.

Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1982, 1987-1990. Member, Fourteenth Judicial District Grievance Committee, 1993-1995.

North Carolina Bar Association Continuing Legal Education and Publication Committees.

Program Chairman, Senior Lawyers Division. Member and Legal Subcommittee Company-Chair, North Carolina Biotechnology Center Advisory Council).