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Charles Denton Abel

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Charles Denton Abel (1831 – 1906) was an English patent attorney who co-founded and served as Vice President and President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.

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Charles Denton Abel was born in London in 1831, the grandson of August Christian Andreas Abel, who was court miniature painter to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin,[1] and the younger brother of the chemist and explosives expert, Sir Frederick Abel, Chairman and Albert Medallist of the Society of Arts.[2]

In 1856 Abel entered into partnership with Mr. Charles Cowper, a patent agent, in England.[1] Following Mr. Cowper's death in 1860, Abel continued his work as a patent attorney and in 1871 entered into partnership with John Imray to form Abel & Imray with offices in the Holborn area of London, a firm which still operates under that name today.[3]

Abel assisted in founding the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents in 1882, and was the first Vice President of the Chartered Institute.[4] He later served as President from 1897 to 1899.[5]

He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1886 and was awarded the Society’s Gold Medal for his paper on ‘The Patent Laws’ in 1904.[2]

Abel died in 1906.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Abel & Imray "1871-1971" centenary brochure
  2. ^ a b c http://www.williamshipleygroup.btik.com/attachments/Newsletter%208.pdf[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Home". abelimray.com.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.cipa.org.uk/download_files/CIPA_1943-44.pdf[permanent dead link]
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