Haldane Robert Mayer

Haldane Robert Mayer (born February 21, 1941) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education and military service Mayer was born in Buffalo, New York, to Haldane and Myrtle Mayer. He was educated in the public schools of Lockport, New York.

Federal judicial service

President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the United States Claims Court in 1982, where he served until 1987. Mayer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 3, 1987, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated by Judge Marion T. Bennett. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 11, 1987, and received commission on June 15, 1987. He was an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School and the University of Virginia School of Law. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1997 to 2004. that controversially argues that "(1) patents constricting the essential channels of online communication run afoul of the First Amendment; and (2) claims directed to software implemented on a generic computer are categorically not eligible for patent."

Personal life Mayer married Mary Anne McCurdy on August 13, 1966. They had two daughters, Anne Christian and Rebecca Paige.