Background
Bent, Stephen Andrew was born on September 12, 1951 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Linley and Maude (Andrews) Bent.
Bent, Stephen Andrew was born on September 12, 1951 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Linley and Maude (Andrews) Bent.
Earlham College (Bachelor of Science, 1973). University of Connecticut (Master of Arts, 1976). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1981).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Worked at Foley & Lardner. Admitted to the bar, 1981, District of Columbia. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Living Matter Foundation to Be Patentable: In re Chakrabarty," Connecticut Law Review 11(2), Winter, 1979. "Patent Protection for deoxyribonucleic acid Molecules," J.Off.
64 (2), February 1982. "Export Controls and United States.
Biotechnology," B.L.R. 2(1), January 1983.
"Production of Plant Material Under the General Patent Statute: A Sensible Policy at the Pacific Theater of Operations?" B.L.R. 4, March 1985. "Biotechnology Products Liability and the Public Interest," World Biotech Report, 1985, Volume(s) 1: Europe (Online Publication, London). "Stan Allen"s Invention - The World His Oyster," CIPA, November 1987 at 30-37.
Company-Author: Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Worldwide, (Macmillan 1987).
"Animal Patents: Issues and Prospects in the United States," Animal Patents: The Legal, Economic and Social Issues (Macmillan, 1989). Technical Assistant to Phillip B. Baldwin, Circuit Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1981-1983. Adjunct Professor, BioTechnology Patent Law, George Mason School of Law, 1989.
Advisory Panel, "Biotechnology in a Global Economy: Options for United States.
Strategy," Office of Technology Assessment. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"Living Matter Found to Be Patentable: In re Chakrabarty," Connecticut Law Review 11(2), Winter, 1979. "Patent Protection for DNA Molecules," J.OFF. 64 (2), February 1982. "Export Controls and United States.
Biotechnology," B.L.R. 2(1), January 1983. Troduction of Plant Material Under the General Patent Statute: A Sensible Policy at the PTO?" B.L.R. 4, March 1985. "Biotechnology Products Liability and the Public Interest," WORLD BIOTECH REPORT, 1985, Vol 1: Europe (Online Publ., London).
"Stan Allen’s Invention-The World His Oyster," CIPA, November 1987 at 30-37. Co-Author: "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE,’ (Macmillan 1987). "Animal Patents: Issues and Prospects in the United States," Animal Patents: The Legal, Economic and Social Issues (Macmillan, 1989).
Technical Assistant to Phillip B. Baldwin, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1981-1983.
Member American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Maryland. Patent Law Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Miller Schwartz, June 2, 1974. Children: Max, Robert.