Passed away peacefully Saturday, December 27, 2014, age 91. Cherished husband of June (nee Spalding). Loving father of John (Andrea), Bill (Becky) Ericsen, Kathy (Mike) Markgraf and Laura (Bob) Cherf. Proud grandpa of Adam (fiancee Sara), Joel, Ben, Tim, Jim, Dan and Jamie.
After retiring as Manager of the Allen-Bradley Patent Law Department, Arnold became counsel to the law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. At the age of 87, Arnold ultimately decided to retire as counsel to the law firm of Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.C.
Memorial Service at FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA, 1511 Church Street, Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM. Gathering of family and friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Ronald McDonald House appreciated.
Arnold became Counsel to the predecessor firm of Wheeler, Kromholz & Manion in 1995. In that capacity, he has mentored several of the young associates, in addition to being responsible for the preparation and prosecution of a sizable number of utility and design patent applications filed in both the United States and abroad. He has also conducted several patent validity and infringement studies for firm clients.
Before joining the firm, Arnold had several intellectual property law positions in the Milwaukee area, beginning with an eight-year stint as corporate patent and trademark attorney with Line Material Company, a division of McGraw-Edison Company (now a part of Cooper Industries), four years with the intellectual property group of the predecessor firm of the present Quarles and Brady law firm. During that period, about one-half of his time was spent on patent preparation and prosecution, along with other intellectual property matters, for the Allen-Bradley Company, now also known as Rockwell Automation. Upon the retirement of the patent liaison individual, Arnold was recruited as Manager of Patent Law Department, and remained in that position until he retired 26 years later. Before joining with Wheeler, Kromholz & Manion, he continued his IP law career for seven years as a member of the Intellectual Property Law staff of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek law firm.
Arnold has been registered to practice law in the State of Wisconsin and before the United States Patent and trademark office, having passed both examinations in 1950. He has also been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District Court of Wisconsin. He received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and an LLB (now JD) from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association (Emeritus) where he is a past chairman of the Intellectual Property Section, The American Intellectual Property Law Association (Emeritus), the Wisconsin Intellectual Property Association where he served as a past President of the predecessor organization (The Milwaukee Patent Law Association).
Arnold's extensive Industrial Engineering and Intellectual Property Law practice, which included time and motion studies in almost all of the procedures, machining and production activities relating to the products of Cutler-Hammer Company prior to service in the Army Infantry in World War II, and Korean Occupation, where he taught College Algebra to GI's awaiting discharge from the Service. The various subjects of his patent law practice has included high voltage transformers, fuse cutouts, lightning arresters, street and airport runway lighting, electro-mechanical controllers and motor starters, ferrite magnets, and electronic components including composition resistors, capacitors and semi-conductors, water purification and electrical porcelain manufacture, and believe it or not; baby diapers and ladies undergarments.
