Mr. Ben D. Tobor is a lawyer practicing intellectual property & technology, intellectual property litigation, pharmaceutical, medical device & health care litigation and 2 other areas of law. Ben received a B.S.M.E. degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1969, and has been licensed for 52 years. Ben practices in Houston, TX.
About Mr. Ben D. Tobor
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Practice Details
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesSignificant Representations: One of Ben's clients, for whom he obtained numerous patents in the field of coronary stents, was awarded the 1996 Texas Inventor of the Year Award by the State Bar of Texas. This patent work also earned him special recognition in IP Worldwide magazine's August 2001 special report, Patent Plums, which recognized the most valuable U.S. patents
the lawyers who nurtured them. He was also recognized in IP Worldwide magazine's August 2002 special report, 10 Patents that Changed the World, as having been the attorney that obtained one of those patents. In 2006, his client was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1974, Texas
US Supreme Court
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
1974, Texas
MembershipsProfessional & Community Involvement
•Member, American Bar Association
•Member, American and Houston Intellectual Property Law Associations
•Board of Directors, Secretary, Center for Medicine After the Holocaust, 2010-Present
•Member, Houston Bar Association
Life fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
•Member, International Trademark Association
•Member, State Bar of Texas
Life fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
•Master of the Bench, The Houston Intellectual Property American Inn of CourtBar FellowshipTexas Bar Foundation•Master of the Bench, The Houston Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolGeorgetown University Law Center
Class of 1973
J.D.
Other EducationThe University of Texas at Austin
Class of 1969
B.S.M.E.
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1947
Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 1947