Robert Alden Choate

Background

Choate, Robert Alden was born on May 24, 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick Cherington and Kate (Alden) Choate.

Education

Biosystems Engineering, University of Michigan, 1934; Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1936.

Career

Worked at Barnes, Kisselle, Raisch, Choate, Whittemore & Hulbert, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1936, Michigan. Registered to practice before United States.

Patent and Trademark Office. Tau Beta Pi. Lecturer on Patent Law, University of Michigan Law School, 1960-1979.

Company-Author: "Casebook on Patent Law," West Publishing Company, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1995.

Member: Detroit Bar Association. State Bar of Michigan. American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Michigan Patent Law Association (President, 1963-1964).

Achievements

• Robert Alden Choate has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Cases and Materials on Patent Law Including Trade Secrets-Copyrights-Trademarks (American Casebook Series)
  • Cases and materials on patent law: Also including trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks (American casebook series)

Membership

Member of the board management Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1950, president, 1964-1967. Member Michigan Patent Law Association (past president), Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Eileen McManus, June 5, 1937. Children: Alan G., Elizabeth (Mistress Leroy Sloas), Christina (Mistress Sean Austin), Alison (Mistress Gary Benjamin).

Father:

Frederick Cherington Choate

Mother:

Kate (Alden) Choate

Spouse:

Eileen McManus

child:

Alison Choate (Mistress Gary Benjamin)

child:

Alan G. Choate

child:

Christina Choate (Mistress Sean Austin)

child:

Elizabeth Choate (Mistress Leroy Sloas)