Background
Smegal, Thomas Frank was born on June 15, 1935 in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Frank and Genevieve (Andreachi) Smegal.
Patent Trademark and copyright lawyer
Smegal, Thomas Frank was born on June 15, 1935 in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Frank and Genevieve (Andreachi) Smegal.
Michigan College of Mining & Technology (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, cum laude, 1957). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1961). Tau Beta Pi; Delta Theta Phi.
Member, Legal Services Corporation, Board of Directors, 1985-1990.
Bar: Virginia 1961, District of Columbia 1961, California 1964, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1976. Patent examiner United States Patent Office, Washington, 1957-1961. Staff patent attorney Shell Development Company, San Francisco, 1962-1965.
Patent attorney Townsend and Townsend, San Francisco, 1965-1991, managing partner, 1974-1989. Senior partner Graham and James, San Francisco, 1992-1997. President, partner Knobbe, Martins, Olson & Bear, San Francisco, 1997.
Member United States delegate to Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property.r., 1973-1984. Board directors National Center for Youth Law, 1978-1984, San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Urban Affairs, 1972, Legal Superior vena cava syndrome for Children, 1980-1988. Board directors, presidential nominate, Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation, 1984-1990, 93.
Captain Chemical corpus, United States army, 1961-1962.
Bar Association of San Francisco (President, 1979-1980). The State Bar of California (Chair, Patent Section, 19791980. Member: Conference of Delegates Executive Committee, 1981-1984.
Board of Governors, 1984-1987. Vice-President, 1987). American Bar Association (Member, Patent Section Council, 1978-1984.
Chairman, Patent Section, 1990-1991. House of Delegates, 1987—■). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1987, President, 1985-1986).
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco (Chairman, Board of Directors, 1982-1984. Vice-Chairman, Patent Section, 1988-1989). San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association (President, 1973-1974).
International Patent and Trademark Association (Vice-President, since 1987). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Married Susan Jane Stanton, May 28, 1966. Children: Thomas Frank, Elizabeth Jane.