Background
Becker, Stephen A. was born on August 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Becker, Stephen A. was born on August 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Illinois Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1966). University of Wisconsin-Madison (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1967). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1975).
Sigma Xi.
Eta Kappa Nu.
Worked at Lowe, Price, LeBlanc & Becker. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Maryland. 1978-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1979, District of Columbia. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1996, Virginia. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Sigma Xi; Eta Kappa Nu.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1996. Author: "MeansPlus Function Claims in Computer Related Patent Applications Within The United States," Computer Law Journal, Volume V Number.
I, Summer 1984; "Legal Protection of Semiconductor Mask Works in the United States," Computer Law Journal, Volume 6.
Number. 4, Spring, 1986; "Drafting Patent Applications on Electronics and Computer Program Implemented Inventions in View of Recent Decisions," Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 4, Spring Issue. Preparation and Prosecution of Electronics and Computer Program Inventions in the United States, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property-Japan, 1991.
"Patent Applications Handbook," 1992, "Patent Applications Handbook 1993," 1993, "Patent Applications Handbook 1994," 1994, "Patent Applications Handbook 1995," 1995, "Patent Applications Handbook 1996," 1996, "Patent Applications Handbook 1997," 1997, Clark-Boardman -Callaghan.
"Claim Drafting for Literal Infringement," New Matter, Volume 31, Number. 3, 1996; "Preparing United States. Patent Applications Under New Guidelines," The Computer Lawyer, Volume 13, Number.
10, October 1996.
Lecturer, Korean Patent Attorney"s Association. Principal Speaker, Patent Committee of District of Columbia Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section, "Seminar on Patent Application Preparation," February, 1994, June 1995. Member: American Bar Association.
The District of Columbia Bar.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys.
Means—Plus Function Claims in Computer Related Patent Applications Within The United States,' Computer Law Journal, Volume V No. I, Summer 1984
'Legal Protection of Semiconductor Mask Works in the United States," Computer Law Journal, Volume 6. No. 4, Spring, 1986. Co-Author: "Computer Assisted Prior Art Searching," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Volume 65 No 10, pp.
536-585, October, 1983. Lecturer, Bar Association of D. C. Seminar entitled Developing an Intellectual Property Strategy to Protect Computer Technology, October, 30, 1986. Texas Instruments v. ITC: Insight or Aberration?" Computer Law Journal, Volume VIII, Winter 1987, No.
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"Invention Documentation: A Primer," Intellectual Property Law, Volume 1, No. 1, 1987
"Computer Hardware and Software - Avenues of Legal Protection for Small Businesses," Intellectual Property Law, Volume 1, No.
Member American Bar Association (member patent, trademark and copyright law section, chairman subcommittee copyright decisions relating to computer software 1983-1984), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, District of Columbia Bar, American Intellectual Property Law Association, International Association Protection Industrial Property, International Federation Industrial Propert Attorneys.