Background
Peters, Howard McDowell was born on October 13, 1940 in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Ellsworth and Ida Marie (Mann) Peters.
Peters, Howard McDowell was born on October 13, 1940 in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Ellsworth and Ida Marie (Mann) Peters.
Geneva College (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, Departmental Honors in Chemistry, 1962). Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy, 1967). University of Santa Clara (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Sigma Xi.
Staff Attorney, Hexcel Corporation, San Francisco, California, 1978-1980. Patent Attorney, Syntex Corporation, 1980-1984.
Worked at Peters, Verny, Jones & Biksa, Limited liability partnership (Palo Alto, California) specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1978, registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Sigma Xi. Patent Attorney, Syntex Corporation, 1980-1984.
Editor, Understanding Chemical Patents, 2nd educated, The American Chemical Society, Washington, District of Columbia, 1991. Recipient, Roger Doctorate. Middlekauff Award of the American College of Surgeons-Division of Chemistry and The Law, 1991.
Member: State Bar of California.
American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association. Peninsula Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association.
American Chemical Society (Councilor, 1977-1983. Member, Patent Committee, 1979-1989.
Founding Chairman, Division of Chemistry and the Law, 1979-1983. Councilor, 1985; Inventure Place, 1996).
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Peninsula Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association. American Chemical Society (Councilor, 1977-1983.
Member, Patent Committee, 1979-1989. Founding Chairman, Division of Chemistry and the Law, 1979-1983.
Councilor, 1985; Inventure Place, 1996).
Married Sally Ann Brown, June 13, 1964. Children: Theresa, Elizabeth.