Garland Paul Andrews

Garland Paul Andrews (3/1/1939 – 9/14/2023)
Following several years of declining health, Garland has finally found rest on September 14,
2023. He was born in Taylor, Texas, on March 1, 1939, to Paul Milton Andrews and wife
Modene Norris Andrews where his father was an assistant football coach. The family moved to
College Station several years later when his father accepted a position in the athletic
department at Texas A&M. Garland attended all twelve years of primary education in the A&M
Consolidated school system. He played football in both Junior High and High School serving as
co-captain his senior year. Also, while in high school he proudly joined the National Guard’s
famed 36 th Infantry Division.
After high school he entered Texas A&M to study Chemical Engineering. He married his high
school sweetheart, Betty Mead, on June 6, 1958. He also graduated from the OCS training
school as a 2 nd Lieutenant, and shortly after was called to active duty at Fort Polk, LA, during the
Berlin Crisis. After discharge he returned to college graduating with degrees in both Chemical
Engineering and Business Administration.
Garland graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1966, and that same year was
admitted to the bars of Oklahoma and Texas. With degrees in Chemical Engineering and law, he
decided to specialize in the practice of Patent Law and spent his first two years in the patent
department of Phillips Petroleum Company where he developed skills in the preparation and
prosecution of patent application in the U.S. Patent Office.
Wishing to broaden his patent law expertise, he moved to Dallas, Texas in 1968, and joined the
private practice firm that specialized in obtaining patents, but also defended patent owners and
alleged infringers of patents. That firm became known as Richards, Medlock & Andrews, the
largest patent firm in Dallas at the time.
Garland was a successful patent litigator who won several important judgments for clients such
as Atlas Powder Company, against E.I. DuPont de Nemours and other of its competitors.
His best-known contribution to patent law arose from his prevailing decision in the Kingsdown
Medical Consultants, Ltd. V. Hollister, Inc. which materially changed the defense of inequitable
conduct asserted in virtually every patent case. That defense was characterized by legal writers
and practicing lawyers as a “plague” in the U.S. Patent Law. The Kingsdown decision cured the
” plague” by changing the standard of proving inequitable conduct by eliminating gross
negligence as a step in justifying an inference of an intent to deceive. The skill and integrity he
exhibited in the handling of patent cases earned him the respect of clients and opposing
counsel.

Retiring in 2000, he moved to family land in Eastland County, TX, where he raised black Angus
cattle. He enjoyed his many hobbies like gardening, reading and hunting. His love of hunting
took him to Africa, Alaska, and Montana for big game, but his favorite game was always the
Texas white tail deer.
Garland is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Byron E. Andrews. He is survived
by his wife of 65 years, Betty, by daughters Susan and husband Jeff Brundrett, Karen and
husband Randy Edwards, and Sara Andrews Bender, grandchildren Matthew Edwards and
fiancé Bri, Robert Edwards, Kate Brundrett, and Jake Brundrett and wife Emma.
A private memorial service following cremation will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers
please consider a memorial donation in Garland’s name to Tunnels 2 Towers, your favorite
military foundation or your own favorite charity.