Dr. Johannes Bob van Benthem (1921 - September 11, 2006, The Hague, Netherlands ) was a Dutch lawyer. He was the first president of the European Patent Office, from November 1, 1977 to April 30, 1985.
He obtained a Doctorate in Dutch Law from the University of Amsterdam in 1946. Then, he worked for the Netherlands Patent Office (Octrooiraad), first as a lawyer starting in 1946, then later on as President of the Netherlands Patent Office from 1968 to 1977, prior to working at the European Patent Office.
"He was awarded honorary doctorates by the law faculties of Munich and Strasbourg Universities."
From the beginning of December 2007, a street near the buildings of the European Patent Office in Rijswijk, near The Hague, Netherlands, will be named after him. More particularly, "the stretch of Koopmansstraat between Tinbergenstraat and Limpergstraat will be known as Van Benthemlaan".
Famous quotes containing the words bob and/or van:
“English Bob: What I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk, of course, and that you broke your bloody neck.
Little Bill Daggett: I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead. ‘Til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“Mrs. Van Daan’s grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can’t any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she nags us the whole day long about the bad weather. It really would be nice to dump her in a bucket of cold water and put her up in the loft.”
—Anne Frank (1929–1945)