Richard Linn (born April 13, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 501/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1999–Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1999–2012
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Adjunct professor of law · 2001–2003- Private practice1969–1971, 1972–1999
- Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems CommandPatent advisor · 1971–1972
- U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficePatent examiner · 1965–1968
Appointments
1999–2012 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)- 1999–2012
Education
J.D. · 1969- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteB.E.E. · 1965