2006 Annual Meeting
The Chicago Fairmont Hotel
September 10-12, 2006
WELCOME RECEPTION
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(L-R) Nongfan Zhu, China Science Patent & Trademark Agent Ltd.; Bill Wei, Nike Inc.;
Jon D. Wood, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.; and Ronald A. Bleeker, Finnegan,
Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Attendees at the Welcome Reception
(L-R) Gary M. Ropski, Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione and
Chief Judge James F. Holderman, U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois
(L-R) Mark P. Calcaterra, DaimlerChrysler Corp. and
David M. Schnorrenberg, Crowell & Moring, LLP
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Marc S. Adler, IPO President
Rohm and Haas Co.
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William P. Atkins, Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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(L-R) Kenneth R. Adamo, Jones Day and
William P. Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Edward W. Gray, Jr.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Hon. Jon W. Dudas
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO
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Marc S. Adler, IPO President, presents the Outstanding Committee
Award to the Asian Practice Committee (L-R): Brenda J. Panichi,
Proctor & Gamble Co.; Edward Blocker, Koninklijke Philips
Electronics N.V.; and Soonhee Jang, Eli Lilly and Co.
GALA DINNER RECEPTION AT THE FIELD MUSEUM
----- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11-----
A private evening with King Tut at the The Field Museum
Dinner Reception at the Field Museum
(L-R) Kathryn Barrett Park, General Electric Co.; Theodore H. Davis, Jr., Kilpatrick
Stockton, LLP; and Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Morgan, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
(L-R) Marc V. Richards, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione; Hermine Valizadeh, Brinks Hofer
Gilson & Lione; Robert Dalton Summers, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, and
Claudio M. Szabas, Aspeby Szabas Industrial Property
(L-R) Terry Kramer and Arlir Amado of Kramer & Amado, PC
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Robert A. Clarke, USPTO
(L-R) Paul Ackerman, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP; Bret T. Winterle, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP;
Debra Rae Bernard, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; James R. Kyper, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Nicholson Graham, LLP; Daniel Shulman, Motorola, Inc.; and Dennis R. Gallagher,
Crowell & Moring
(L-R) Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC and
Kelsey Milman, Caterpillar Inc.
(L-R) Robert W. Sacoff, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP;
Lucy Nichols, Nokia Corp.; and Ron Epperson, Grant Thornton, LLP
(L-R) A. Kate Huffman, Dial Corp. and Robert W. Sacoff, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury,
Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP