Richard Baker is a unique candidate for the United States House of Representatives for the Massachusetts 6th Congressional District with a diverse background. He is an inventor of Ethernet and Web technologies, an Intellectual Property Licensing Executive, and a Software Engineer. He has served on the Pentucket Regional School Committee (PRSC) and has served as chairman of a number of private and public sub-committees.

Richard A. Baker, Jr. currently works for 3Com Corporation of Marlborough, MA as Director of Intellectual Property Licensing, a position he has held since January of 2005. Mr. Baker is responsible for the licensing program of over 1400 U.S. patents – one of the most impressive networking technology patent holdings in the world. Since joining 3Com, Mr. Baker has been involved in a number of licensing projects and in the management of existing licenses for 3Com. 

Prior to joining 3Com, Mr. Baker was the Director of Intellectual Property at Schneider Automation. At Schneider Automation he developed the company’s intellectual property program, including the creation of IP strategies, the organization of a portfolio of patents, and the authoring of a number of patent disclosures. While at Schneider, Mr. Baker was issued fifteen patents in his name and has approximately 15 patents pending in the web, embedded Ethernet, and business method areas.

Mr. Baker’s graduate studies include Intellectual Property at Franklin Pierce Law Center and Computer Science at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and English as a dual major at the University of New Hampshire, where he also minored in Electrical Engineering.

Rich is the oldest of seven children and has lived most of his life in the Massachusetts 6th Congressional District.  

Mr. Baker resides with his wife and son in West Newbury, Massachusetts.  They attend Byfield Parish Church in Georgetown. He is involved with the Toastmasters (achieving an Advanced Toastmasters Gold) and the Licensing Executives Society (he was recently awarded the title of Certified Licensing Professional).