Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 11, 2023
• Invested on: October 03, 2024

Robert Edward Mitchell, C.M.
Westmount, Quebec

For more than four decades, Robert Mitchell helped protect Canada’s intellectual property interests and improve the sector’s global alignment. A former president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the Fédération internationale des conseils en propriété intellectuelle (FICPI Canada), he strengthened co-operation in the field, stood as a mentor to fellow patent agents, and co-authored the History of the Patent and Trade Mark Profession in Canada.