Background
Casella, Peter Fiore was born on June 5, 1922 in New York City. Son of Fiore Peter and Lucy (Grimaldi) Casella.
patent and licensing executive
Casella, Peter Fiore was born on June 5, 1922 in New York City. Son of Fiore Peter and Lucy (Grimaldi) Casella.
Student in chemistry, St. John's University, New York City, 1940. Butyrylcholinesterase, Polytechnic Institute New York University, Brooklyn, 1943.
Registered to practice by United States Patent and Trademark Office, Canada Patent and Trade Mark Offices. Head patent section Hooker Electrochemical Company, Niagara Falls, New York, 1943-1954. Manager patent department Hooker Chemical Corporation (named changed to Occidental Chemical Corporation 1981), Niagara Falls, 1954-1964, director patents and licensing, 1964-1981, assistant secretary, 1966-1981, retired, 1981.
President TFA products, Incorporated, Houston, Texas, president Intra Gene International, Incorporated., Lewiston, New York, 1981.
Chairman of the Board InVitro International, Incorporated., Linthicum, Maryland., 1983-1986. Consultant patents and licensing, Lewiston, New York, 1981-1992.
Department Commerce delegate on patents and licensing exchange, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1973, 90, Poland and German Democratic Republic, 1976.
Member Lewiston Board Education, 1968-1970. With Army of the United States, 1944-1946, Mediterranean Theater of Operation. Member American College of Surgeons, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Association Corporation Patent Counsel (emeritus, executive committee 1974-1977, charter member), New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Niagara Frontier chapter president 1973-1974, founder award 1974), Licensing Executives Society (vice president 1976-1977, Trustees award 1977), Chartered Institute Patent Agents Great Britain (emeritus), Patent and Trademark Institute Canada, International Patent and Trademark Association (emeritus), United States Trademark Association, National Association Manufacturers (patent committee), Manufacturing Chemists Association, Pacific Industrial Property Association, United States Patent Office Society (associate), United States Trademark Office Society (associate), Chemists Club (emeritus New York City chapter), Niagara Club (Niagara Falls president 1973-1974).
Married Marjorie Eloise Enos, March 9, 1946 (deceased August 1989). Children: William Peter, Susan Elaine, Richard Mark.