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Richard Linn
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Senior status since October 31, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- September 28, 1999
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 7, 1999
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 21, 1999
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 19, 1999
- Commissioned
- November 22, 1999
- Senior status
- Since October 31, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1944, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Patent examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1965-1968
- Private practice, 1969-1971, 1972-1999
- Patent advisor, Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems Command, 1971-1972
- Adjunct professor of law, George Washington University Law School, 2001-2003
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