An aerial view of dinner in the Flag Hall at the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History .

Patti Linn; Judge Richard Linn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Donna Hieken; and Charles Hieken, Fish & Richardson, PC, at the reception.

Chief Judge Paul Michel; Judge Alan Lourie; and Judge Richard Linn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Ray Zatorski; Bonnie Conti; Laurie Gathman Kowalsky; and John Conti.

Inventor James Baughman, Ford Motor Co. (Ret.) giving a presentation on the the Plasma Transferred Wire Arc Thermal Spray Apparatus and Method (PTWA)

Gerhard Flores; Matt Zaluzec; Inventor David Cook, Flame-Spray Industries; Bernard Gand; and Clemens Verpoort.


Dinner in the Flag Hall.

Honoree, Judge Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Steve Miller, IPO President.

Philip Johnson, IPO Education Foundation President presents Judge Pauline Newman with the Distinguished IP Professional Award.

Governor John Engler, President and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers presents James Baughman, David Cook, Keith Kowalsky and Daniel Marantz with the 36th National Inventor of the Year Award.