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General
PAS is a “C” type corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and having Corporate ID 02969665 with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia and has a Federal EIN. PAS has enjoyed continued growth and prosperity since 1987 through the efforts of many people who have worked for the company; PAS continues to present day as a continuous and uninterrupted business operation since 1987 and has no outside ownership, obligations, tax liens, liabilities, or pending legal actions against it.


Owner Information
Tommy Foster is President and Founder of PAS. Tommy owns and controls Prior Art Searches, Inc. through stock ownership that is held in the Tommy Foster Living Trust.

Tommy organized PAS on January 1, 1987 as a successor to a sole proprietorship in which the same lines of work were engaged in since 1981. Prior to this time Tommy was employed by the law firm of Lane, Aitken, Dunner & Ziems. It was there that Tommy received personal training for four years to become a professional patent searcher. Prior to that Tommy was a technical writer and produced technical manuals for the U.S. Army. Tommy graduated with dean’s list honors (B.A.) from University of Virginia in 1972 and served in U.S. Peace Corps. While in the Fiji Islands he worked with the Public Works Department as an Information Officer. Studies at University of Virginia include engineering, business and humanities. Tommy is a native Virginian and also operates a family farm located in rural Virginia.
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