Background
Landingham, Leander Shelton Van was born on July 15, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leander Shelton and Bertha (Shumaker) Van Landingham.
Landingham, Leander Shelton Van was born on July 15, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leander Shelton and Bertha (Shumaker) Van Landingham.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, 1948. Master of Arts in Organic Chemistry, 1949). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1955).
Sigma Xi.
Phi Alpha Delta. Patent Advisor in Chemistry, Department of the Navy, 1953 1955.
Lieutenant„ United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946; 1951-1953. Working as a partner of L. South. Van LANDINGHAM, JR. Admitted to the bar, 1955, District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
1960-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1961, United States. Supreme Court.
1963, Maryland. 1972, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
1976, Virginia; 1982, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1985, United States. District Court, District of Maryland. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-53. Member American Chemical Society, Science Association, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Maryland. Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Judicature Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Henrietta Adena Stapf, July 5, 1959. Children: Ann Henrietta, Leander Shelton III. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. North Carolina, 1948, Master of Arts inOrganic Chemistry, 1949.