Background
Kirk, Junior, John R. was born on June 21, 1935 in Stuart, Virginia, United States.
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John R. Kirk Jr.
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Rice University and University of Texas (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1959). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1966).
Career
Worked at Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation (Houston, Texas) specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Texas. 1973, United States. Supreme Court.
1974, United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
Registered to practice before the United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Author: "Inventions and Patents Resulting From Use of Government Funds," 1980 Patent Law Annual of Southwestern Legal Foundation.
"Licensing Technology," Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Volume 28 (Marcel Dekker, 1988). "35 United States.C. §103Changes in the Case Law," Twenty-seventh Annual Institute on Patent Law, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, December, 1989. Director, National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc., 1979-1982, 1987.
President, 1986-1987. UH Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 1993. Member: State Bar of Texas (Chairman, 1977-1978, Intellectual Property Law Section).
American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Law Section, Council 1990-1994. Vice-Chair, 1994-1995). Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair-Elect, 1995-1996.
Governor, 1987-1989, 1991. President, 1990); American Intellectual Property Law Association. National Counsel Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, 1987-1988).
National Inventive Thinking Association (Advisory Board, 1988). University of Houston Law Center, Intellectual Property Law Institute (Advisory Board, 1992). Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation.
State Bar of Texas.; Military: Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1960.
Membership
Member: State Bar of Texas (Chairman, 1977-1978, Intellectual Property Law Section). American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Law Section, Council 1990-1994. Vice-Chair, 1994-1995).
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair-Elect, 1995-1996. Governor, 1987-1989, 1991. President, 1990); American Intellectual Property Law Association.
National Counsel Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, 1987-1988). National Inventive Thinking Association (Advisory Board, 1988). University of Houston Law Center, Intellectual Property Law Institute (Advisory Board, 1992).
Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. State Bar of Texas.; Military: Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1960.
