Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
The British Chartered Institute of Patent Agents was founded in 1882 with the name Institute of Patent Agents, and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891.[1] John Imray was its founding vice-president and then its president.[2]
It was a professional association of patent agents or attorneys. It may have had a specific legal standing with respect to British patents or patent office.
The body published annual Transactions, which included a membership list revealing several types of membership status, including "Fellow", "Associate", and "Foreign Member". A sizable minority of the membership was foreign.[3]
It seems that there is variation among our British patent agents, evidenced in their formalized signatures at the end of each specification.
- Some describe themselves as Chartered Patent Agents, e.g. Stanley, Popplewell & Co.[4]
- Some describe themselves as Agents for the Applicant, e.g. Herbert Haddan & Co.[5]
- Lewis William Goold describes himself as a "Patent Agent by Examination", which I'm guessing means he wasn't an attorney
- Some do not describe themselves with any of these phrase, e.g. Marks & Clerk.[6]
I infer that it was not necessary to be a member of CIPA to act as a patent agent.
I've written to a possible contact at CIPA (Iain Ross) to ask for any documented history of their organization before 1920.
Name
"Chartered" was prepended to the name after the organization was royally chartered in 1891. "Agents" was changed to "attorneys" in 2006 in conformity with international English language usage.[7]
People affiliated with Chartered Institute of Patent Agents or Institute of Patent Agents or CIPA
- Charles Denton Abel (Occupations: Patent attorney)
- James Grieve Lorrain (Occupations: Engineer • Electrical engineer, Tech areas: Electronics • Cybernetics)
- John Imray (Occupations: Patent agent, Tech areas: Motor)
References
- ↑ A.M. Carr-Saunders and P. A. Wilson, The Professions, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1933, p. 59.
- ↑ "Obituary of John Imray", Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 151, 1903, pp. 415–417.
- ↑ "List of Members" for 1883–84, pp. 6–8.
- ↑ https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=140127A&FT=D
- ↑ https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=191103882A&FT=D
- ↑ https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=190223161A&FT=D
- ↑ Ted Blake, "Patent agents change name after 124 years", CIPA, 2006-06-02, archive copy retrieved 6 February 2025.
Organization names | Institute of Patent Agents; Chartered Institute of Patent Agents; Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys |
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Entity type | professional organization |
Country | GB |
Locations | London |
Affiliated with | |
Scope | national |
Started aero | 1882 |
Ended aero | |
Keywords | |
Key people | John Imray, Charles Denton Abel, William Lloyd Wise, Edward Carpmael, Philip Middleton Justice, Henry Howgrave Graham |
Wikidata id | Q5086823 |
1905–1906 member list
Transactions of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, Vol. 24 (1905–1906), frontmatter vii–xviii.
(Latest found Google scan, using their OCR found in the downloadable PDF.)
Officers
President. JOHN CORRY FELL .
Vice- President . WILLIAM CLARK .
Council. SIR WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, KT. , Past-President.
CHARLES DENTON ABEL, Past-President.
EDWARD CARPMAEL, Past-President.
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, Past-President.
GEORGE GATTON MELHUISH HARDINGHAM, Past-President.
Other Members of Council :
- GEORGE BARKER.
- JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD .
- GRIFFITH BREWER.
- HOWARD CHEETHAM .
- DUGALD CLERK .
- GEORGE BELOE ELLIS.
- WALLACE FAIRWEATHER.
- THOMAS ALFRED HEARSON.
- OLIVER IMRAY.
- JAMES YATE JOHNSON.
- WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE .
- PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON.
Bankers . THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, TEMPLE BAR BRANCH.
Auditor. CHARLES FITCH KEMP, F.C.A.
Honorary Secretary . OLIVER IMRAY.
Honorary Librarian. ROBERT BOLTON RANSFORD.
Secretary & Registrar. HENRY HOWGRAVE GRAHAM.
Fellows
- 1882 ABEL, C. D., London.
- 1901 ADAM, М. А. , London.
- 1888 ALEXANDER, A. E., London.
- 1882 ALLISON, C. A., London.
- 1906 BALLANTYNE, W. H. , London.
- 1882 BARKER, G., Birmingham.
- 1899 BARLOW, H. B., Manchester.
- 1899 BARNES, J. E. L. , Liverpool.
- 1905 BAUER, C., London.
- 1886 BECK, W. H., London .
- 1892 BIRKBECK, H., London.
- 1898 BLAKE, H. P., Southampton.
- 1899 BLOXAM, A. G., London.
- 1894 Воотн, Y. W., Lancaster.
- 1899 BOSSHARDT, F., Manchester.
- 1894 BOTTOMLEY, W., Glasgow.
- 1882 BOULT, A. J. , London.
- 1899 BOUSFIELD, J. E., London.
- 1903 BOWKER, W. J. , Birmingham.
- 1900 BREWER, G., London.
- 1903 BREWER, J. A., Glasgow.
- 1883 BROOKES, A. G., London.
- 1888 BROUGHAM, F. J., London.
- 1882 CARPMAEL, A., London.
- 1882 CARPMAEL, E., London.
- 1899 CARPMAEL, WILFRED, London.
- 1899 CARPMAEL, W. P., London.
- 1886 CHADWICK, E. , Bolton.
- 1882 CHEESBROUGH, F. J., Southampton.X
- 1891 CHEETHAM, H., Manchester.
- 1882 CLARK, W. , London.
- 1882 CLARKSON, G. J., Stockton-on-Tees.
- 1896 CLERK, D. , London.
- 1898 CRAVEN, R. E. P., Leeds.
- 1893 CROSS, W., London.
- 1882 DAVIES, G., Manchester.
- 1883 DAY, C. A. , London .
- 1882 DE PASS, E., London.
- 1899 DOUGLAS, G. C., Dundee.
- 1899 DOWNING, A. C., London .
- 1899 DOWNING, G. C., London .
- 1882 DRURY, R. F., Sheffield.
- 1899 DYMOND, G. C., London .
- 1895 EDWARDS, A. E., London.
- 1894 EDWARDS, E. , London.
- 1895 ELLIS, G. B., London.
- 1903 ELLIS, R. E., London .
- 1897 ENTWISLE, J., Manchester.
- 1899 EVANS, W. E., London.
- 1883 FAIRWEATHER, W., Glasgow.
- 1906 FAIRWEATHER, W. C., London.
- 1901 FEENY, V. F., London.
- 1893 FEENY, V. I. , London.
- 1883 FELL, J. C., London .
- 1904 FERGUSON, D. M., Glasgow.
- 1899 FITZPATRICK, H. D., Glasgow .
- 1901 FLACK, А. М., London.
- 1899 FUERY, G. T., Birmingham.
- 1900 GARDNER, R. C., London .
- 1899 GILLETT, S. W., Manchester.
- 1903 GRAY, J., London.
- 1902 GREENWOOD, A. H., Sheffield.
- 1899 GROVES, R. G., Wolverhampton .
- 1901 GUNN, W., Manchester.
- 1903 GUNYON, S. E., London.
- 1898 HADDAN, R. , London.
- 1882 HARDINGHAM, G. G. M., London.
- 1898 HARRISON, G., London.
- 1899 HART, W. F., Leeds.
- 1893 HASTIE, A. H. , London.
- 1899 HAYES, J. , Carnarvon .
- 1902 HEARSON, T. A., London.
- 1887 HEYS, W. E., Manchester.
- 1895 HEYS, W. G. , Manchester.
- 1903 HOWORTH, F. W. , London.
- 1904 HUNT, W., Glasgow.
- 1902 IBBERSON, R., Manchester.
- 1882 IMRAY, O. , London.
- 1900 JACKSON, W. J. M., London .
- 1896 JAMES, R. W., London.
- 1898 JEFFERSON, J. C., Leeds.
- 1894 JENSEN, C. A. , London.
- 1882 JENSEN, P., London.
- 1894 JOHNSON, G. W., London.
- 1887 JOHNSON, JAMES Y., London.
- 1882 JOHNSON, J. Y. V., Glasgow.
- 1887 JONES, A. P., London.
- 1882 JUSTICE, P. M., London.
- 1899 KETLEY, C. B., Birmingham.
- 1898 KILBURN, B. E. D., London .
- 1905 KING, B. T. , London .
- 1882 LAKE, H. H. , London.
- 1882 LAKE, W. R., London .
- 1899 LAW, J. A. , London.
- 1903 LEAN, C. , London.
- 1900 LE TALL, F. W. , London.
- 1898 LEWIS, E. N., Leicester.
- 1898 LIDDLE, J., Glasgow.
- 1892 LORRAIN, J. G., London.
- 1899 MACKENZIE, J. W., London.
- 1896 MARKS, E. C. R., Birmingham.
- 1896 MARKS, G. C. , London.
- 1902 MATHYS, A. W., London.
- 1898 MCKENNA, T., London.
- 1901 NEILSON, R. M., Hartlepool .
- 1888 NEWTON, P. A., London.
- 1897 NOWELL, D. O., Bradford.
- 1899 O'BRIEN, J. O., Manchester.
- 1895 O'DONNELL, J. P., London.
- 1899 PAGE, S. E., London.
- 1893 POWELL, A. J., Birmingham.
- 1899 POWELL, C. T., Birmingham.
- 1899 PRESCOTT, T., Manchester.
- 1896 PRYOR, H. A., London.
- 1899 RADFORD, R. H., Sheffield .
- 1899 RANSFORD, R. B., London.
- 1888 RAPSON, F. J., London.
- 1905 REDFERN, C. G., London.
- 1899 REDFERN, G. F., London.
- 1899 RICHARDSON, A. , London.
- 1898 RICHMOND, F., Burnley.
- 1899 ROGERS, F. M., London.
- 1904 ROGERS, T. W., London.
- 1891 ROYSTON, E. R., Liverpool.
- 1898 SEFTON- JONES, H., London.
- 1901 SHARP, A. , London.
- 1895 SHELDON, H. C., Nottingham.
- 1905 SHIELDS, T., London.
- 1895 SIME, J., Glasgow.
- 1898 SKERRETT, H., Birmingham.
- 1893 SKERRETT, R., Birmingham.
- 1899 SLOAN, R. A., Liverpool.
- 1896 SPOONER, A. F., London.
- 1895 STANLEY, A. H., London.
- 1899 STOKES, J. G., London .
- 1901 SYKES, W. E. , London.
- 1899 TENNANT, W. J. , London.
- 1899 THOMPSON, W. P., Liverpool.
- 1898 THOMSON, R. C., Glasgow.
- 1898 URQUHART, R. J., Manchester.
- 1897 VAUGHAN, G. E., London.
- 1893 WADE, H. , London.
- 1898 WALSH, J. E., Leeds.
- 1887 WATKINS, S., Wolverhampton.
- 1886 WATTS , N. , Bristol .
- 1903 WAUGH, A. C. T. F., Bradford.
- 1883 WAUGH, J., Bradford.
- 1899 WETTER, J., London.
- 1899 WHEATLEY, W. H., London.
- 1900 WHITE, C. M., London.
- 1898 WHITELOW, E. T., Southport.
- 1882 WHITEMAN, W. T., London.
- 1899 WIGZELL, E. E., London.
- 1887 WILLCOx, B. , London.
- 1882 WISE, Sir W. LLOYD, London.
- 1902 WITHERS, J. S., London.
- 1899 WOODROFFE, C. S., London.
- 1899 WOOSNAM, A., London.
Associates
- 1901 BEAUMONT, W. W. , London.
- 1889 BOWER, G. H., London.
- 1886 CUTLER, J., London.
- 1898 DANIELL, A., London.
- 1887 DAVIES, A. J., London.
- 1887 DODD, J., Oldham.
- 1888 EDMUNDS. L. , London.
- 1887 FLANNERY, Sir J. FORTESCUE, London.
- 1898 GORDON, J. W., London .
- 1887 HARRIS, W. M., London.
- 1890 JOHNSON-JOHNSON, J. E., Stratford, London.
- 1889 KERBY, H., London .
- 1902 KERLY, D. M., London.
- 1890 LANGTON, J. D., London.
- 1906 LEECHMAN, G. D. , London.
- 1887 OWEN, C. M. , London.
- 1897 OWEN, F. W., London .
- 1884 RADFORD, G. H., London.
- 1891 SIMPSON, G. P., Manchester.
- 1889 SMALLMAN, J. W., Leamington Spa.
- 1890 THOMAS, W. I., London .xiv
Foreign Members
- 1893 ABELL, E. G. , Brisbane.
- 1905 ALEXANDER-KATZ, B., Görlitz .
- 1889 ARDERNE, H. M., Cape Town.
- 1891 ARDERNE, H. R., Cape Town.
- 1883 ARMENGAUD AÎNÉ, C. E., Paris.
- 1883 ARMENGAUD JEUNE, J. A. M. , Paris.
- 1887 ASSI, C. E. , Paris .
- 1883 BALDWIN, W. D., Washington, U.S.A.
- 1900 BARZANO, C., Milan.
- 1905 BASLEY, G. W., Auckland.
- 1889 BAYSTON, W. S., Melbourne.
- 1892 BENJAMIN, P., New York.
- 1887 BERNAYS, C. E., Brisbane.
- 1892 BERT, E. , Paris.
- 1888 BOLIBAR, G., Barcelona.
- 1899 BOUSFIELD, H. R., Durban.
- 1893 BRANDON, D. H., Paris.
- 1889 BRANDON, R. H. , Paris.
- 1904 BRISCOE, W. R. B., Alexandria.
- 1896 BUDDEN, H. A., Montreal.
- 1897 CAPUCCIO, M., Turin .
- 1883 CHASSEVENT, H. M. C., Paris.
- 1897 CHISM, R. E. , Mexico.
- 1884 CLARKE, A. , Madrid.
- 1888 COLLISON, C. N., Adelaide.
- 1883 CONIGRAVE, J. F., Perth, W. Australia.
- 1887 CONNETT, H., New York .
- 1893 CUSHING, A. P. , Boston, U.S.A.
- 1894 FERREIRA, J. A. DA C. , Lisbon.
- 1905 DE ALMAGRO, J. I., Havana.
- 1889 DE BENEDETTI , J. , Rome.
- 1890 DE MESTRAL, G. V. L., Paris.
- 1899 DE MOSENTHAL, C., Paris.
- 1883 DE PENNING, G. A., Calcutta.
- 1901 DE PENNING, L., Calcutta.
- 1885 DENNYS, H. L., Hong Kong.List of Members (Foreign Members) .
- 1893 DU BOIS-REYMOND, A. E., Berlin .
- 1901 DUMONT, C., Capellen, Luxemburg.
- 1905 DYER, F. L., New York, U.S.A.
- 1885 EBERTH, V. C., Copenhagen.
- 1906 ELBERTS DOYER, A. , Amsterdam .
- 1894 ELZABURU, F., Madrid.
- 1885 ENQUIST, F. L., Stockholm.
- 1905 EPHRAIM, J., Berlin.
- 1895 EVANS, O. N., Montreal.
- 1887 FAYOLLET, J. G., Paris.
- 1902 FEHLERT, C. , Berlin .
- 1899 FETHERSTONHAUGH, F. B. , Toronto .
- 1887 FRASER, A. C., New York.
- 1899 GARLICKE, T., Durban .
- 1887 GÉRAUD, J. , Rio de Janeiro.
- 1887 GLASER, F. C. , Berlin .
- 1892 GLASER, L., Berlin.
- 1901 GREELEY, W. B., New York.
- 1903 GRIFFITH, A., Sydney.
- 1901 HALL, W. S. , Tokyo .
- 1898 HARDY, J. G. , Vienna.
- 1905 HAYWOOD, D. H., New York .
- 1904 HEIMANN, H. , Berlin .
- 1884 HENRIQUES, G. J. C. , Lisbon .
- 1890 HEPBURN, C. G., Sydney.
- 1892 HOFMAN- BANG, P. , Copenhagen .
- 1899 HOPKINS, E. W. , Berlin.
- 1904 HOPPEN, F. A., Berlin.
- 1897 HUGHES, W. E., Wellington.
- 1886 JOSSE, H., Paris.
- 1899 KARMIN, V., Vienna .
- 1901 KELEMEN, E. S., Budapest.
- 1902 KERR, A. C., Santiago.
- 1904 KIRCHHOFER, H., Zurich .
- 1891 KIRKPATRICK, H. T. E. , Brussels .
- 1901 KISCH, C. H. M., Johannesburg.
- 1905 LE BRETON, T. A., Buenos Aires.
- 1885 LOUBIER, C. H. G., Berlin.
- 1892 Lux, J. , Vienna.
- 1901 MACKAYE, H. S., New York.
- 1896 MAYBEE, J. E., Toronto.
- 1899 MINTZ, M., Berlin.
- 1900 MÖLLER, M., Copenhagen.
- 1899 NEWTON, P. M., Hobart.
- 1890 NEWTON, W. M., Sydney.
- 1904 OVENDALE, C., Johannesburg.
- 1904 OVENDALE, R., Johannesburg.
- 1883 PAGET, C. O., Vienna.
- 1904 PARK, A. J. , Dunedin.
- 1896 PHILLIPS, E., Melbourne.
- 1901 PICARD, A., Paris.
- 1883 PIEPER, C., Berlin .
- 1891 RACLOT, H., Brussels.
- 1885 RAVIZZA, V., Milan .
- 1897 RAYWARD, H. H., Christchurch, N.Z.
- 1883 REMFRY, H. H., Calcutta.
- 1896 RIDOUT, J. G., Toronto.
- 1898 SACHSE, A. O., Melbourne.
- 1905 SALOMON, S. H., Milan.
- 1903 SCHMIDT, H. E., Berlin.
- 1905 SERRELL, H., New York.
- 1901 SMITH, A. P., New York .
- 1884 SNOW, F. H., Adelaide.
- 1897 SPRUSON, W. J., Sydney.
- 1897 STEPHENS, M. J. D., Hong Kong.
- 1891 Ѕтоск, H. W., Constantinople.
- 1904 SYFRET, A. G., Cape Town.
- 1901 TAINTON, J. W., Pietermaritzburg.
- 1901 THIERRY, C. V., Paris.
- 1886 THORSEN, J. K., Christiania.
- 1902 TISCHLER, V., Vienna.
- 1902 TSCHEKALOFF, N., St. Petersburg.
- 1903 VAN OLDENNEEL, H., New York.
- 1899 WAGNER, M., Berlin.
- 1887 WALSH, F., Sydney.
- 1883 WATERS, E., Melbourne.xvii
- List of Members (Deceased) .
- 1899 WATERS, E. N. , Melbourne.
- 1888 WATSON, S. H., Kingston .
- 1899 WHITE, W. W., New York .
- 1896 WILKINSON, E., Washington.
- 1898 WIRTH, R., Frankfort.
- 1904 WOOLMER, A. C., Buenos Aires.
- 1898 ZANARDO, G. B., Rome.
Deceased fellows
LIST OF DECEASED MEMBERS, WITH DATES OF DECEASE APPENDED .Fellows
- 1882 ALEXANDER, E. P. , London (1888) .
- 1883 BREWER, E. G. , London (1904).
- 1882 BROOKES, W., London (1884).
- 1883 BROWNE, N., London (1903).
- 1882 CARPMAEL, W. (Past- President), London (1899).
- 1882 CHEETHAM, W. T., Manchester ( 1891 ).
- 1882 CLARK, A. M. , London (1903).
- 1883 COLTON, E. G., London (1890).
- 1882 CRAVEN, T. E., Leeds (1892).
- 1888 CROSSLEY, A. B. , Halifax (1900).
- 1883 CRUIKSHANK, G. M., Glasgow (1894).
- 1882 DANSON, T. J., Newcastle (1903) .
- 1889 DAVIES, C. A., Manchester (1889) .
- 1882 GEDGE, W. E., London (1893).
- 1882 IMRAY, J. (Past- President), London (1902).
- 1882 JOHNSON, J. H. (Past-President), London (1900).
- 1887 LEIGH, H. H., London (1901).
- 1882 LIVSEY, P. J., Manchester (1901) .
- 1882 MEWBURN, J. C. (Past-President), London (1901), this being John Clayton Mewburn whom we have active in 1876, with a likelihood of connection to later-active Mewburn, Ellis & Co. and Mewburn, Ellis & Pryor
- 1882 MORGAN-BROWN, W., London (1883).
- 1882 NEWTON, A. V., London (1900).
- 1882 NEWTON, H. E., London (1905).
- 1882 REDDIE, A. W. L., London (1885).
- 1882 SHAW, G., Birmingham (1904).
- 1882 SPENCE, W. ( Vice-President), London (1894).
- 1882 TONGUE, J. G., London (1891) .
- 1899 ТОРНАМ, J. H., Manchester (1905).
- 1899 YOUNG, D., London (1899).
Deceased associates
- 1884 CARPMAEL, A., London (1893).
- 1883 DANIEL, E. M., London (1894).
- 1887 FAITHFULL, G., London (1897).
- 1887 HICKS, JOHNSON, Melbourne ( 1892).
Deceased foreign members
- 1898 BAERMANN, A. , Berlin ( 1902) .
- 1883 BIEBUYCK, H., Brussels (1888).
- 1891 BORDES, L. G., Buenos Aires ( 1901) .
- 1884 BRANDON, D. H., Paris (1893).
- 1885 BRYDGES, E. A., Berlin (1893).
- 1883 CAHEN, A., Paris (1890).
- 1887 GENÈS, L., Paris (1902).
- 1889 HARRISS, A. E., Calcutta (1897).
- 1883 HOWSON, H., Philadelphia (1886) .
- 1891 HUGHES, H., Wellington ( 1896).
- 1883 KIRKPATRICK, R. S., Brussels (1888) .
- 1898 KISCH, D. M., Johannesburg ( 1898).
- 1884 MENNONS, M. A. F., Paris (1889).
- 1884 PALM, H., Vienna ( 1905).
- 1883 POLLOK, A. , Washington (1898).
- 1883 RAIMONDO, L., Turin (1905).
- 1892 REYNOLDS, F. H., Montreal ( 1895).
- 1891 RIDOUT, D. C., Toronto ( 1894).
- 1887 ROTTEN, M. M., Berlin (1892).
- 1883 SAUTTER, M., Paris (1894).
- 1883 SIMPSON, C. G. C., Montreal (1893).
- 1894 SYKES, G. S., Calcutta (1905).
- 1883 THIRION, C., Paris (1901).
- 1883 VIZCARRONDO, J., Madrid ( 1889).
- 1884 WHITMAN, C. S., Washington (1895).
- 1891 WIRTH, F. , Frankfort (1898)