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Saul I. Serota, patent judge
However, Mr. Serota always intended to practice patent law, and in 1955, he began his career at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C.In October 1970, he was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon as Examiner-in-Chief at the U.S. Patent Office. Under President Ronald Reagan, he was appointed the first Chief Judge of the newly created Board of Patent Appeals.
Among the cases that the Board decided was the one that established that genetically engineered, living organisms were patentable. This decision had a profound influence on the development of the genetic engineering industry. Mr. Serota also was involved in the patent aspects of nuclear weaponry.
In 1994, he retired to his farm in Marshall, and in 2006, he and his wife moved to a retirement community in Richmond.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Cornelia Carswell Serota, and a sister, Sylvia Kuller.
A memorial service in the chapel at Westminster Canterbury, Richmond, is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18. Interment will take place in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Westminster Canterbury Fellowship Fund, 1600 Westbrook Ave., Richmond VA 23227; or the Fauquier Hospital Foundation, Hospital Hill, Warrenton VA 20186.
Arrangements are by Bennett Funeral Home, Richmond.
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