{"id":4327,"date":"2011-08-10T00:28:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2011-08-13T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T17:34:38","slug":"a-chautauqua-on-patent-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=4327","title":{"rendered":"A Chautauqua on Patent Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Last year&#8217;s AIPLA Electronics and Computer Law Roadshow\u00a0had one of the best\u00a0line-ups of speakers that\u00a0I&#8217;ve seen in quite some time.\u00a0 It got me to thinking what would be the ideal seminar.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what I came up with for my own personal\u00a0tastes.\u00a0 You probably have your own\u00a0preferences as well.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know that any of the\u00a0suggested speakers would actually\u00a0want to talk on these subjects; but, I think it would be interesting to hear their opinions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Day 1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Session<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Topic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Suggested Speaker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Review of Recent Patent Law Decisions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Carl Moy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">An Update on Recent Patent Legislation and Patent Regulation Changes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Steve Kunin<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">How to Use Declarations\/Affidavits Effectively in Patent Prosecution in a Post-KSR Era<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Irah Donner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Common Sense \u2013 What is it, Who Has it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Chief Judge Michel (ret.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Patent Prosecution Highway<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">David Kappos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Lunch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Debate<\/span>\u00a0Friendly Discussion on Subject Matter Eligibility<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Justice John Paul Stevens (ret.) and Mark Lemley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Examiner Interviews<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Tom Irving<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 8;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">How to Write a Patent Application in 2011 for an Examiner, a Jury, and the Federal Circuit <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Brad Wright, Judge Sue Robinson, Judge Kathleen O\u2019Malley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 9;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Ethical Issues in Patent Law<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">David Hricik<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">A Summary of Post KSR Cases and Precedential Board Decisions on Obviousness<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Tom Krause<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Day 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Session<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Topic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Suggested Speaker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Lessons Learned in Three Decades of Arguing Before the Federal Circuit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Don Dunner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Preparing a \u00a0Brief or Petition for Cert. That Will Persuade the Supreme Court<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Judge Bryson\/Phil Weiser<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Preparation and Argument of a Patent Appeal before the Supreme Court<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Seth Waxman\/Ted Olson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product Issues Arising in Patent Litigation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Judge Roderick McKelvie (ret.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Historical Review of Subject Matter Eligibility <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Dennis Crouch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Lunch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Observations about Innovators and Innovative Companies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Malcolm Gladwell<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Strategies for Winning Patent Cases at the District Court and the Federal Circuit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Morgan Chu\/Bill Lee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 8;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Open topic\u00a0 (Speaker&#8217;s choice)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Bob Armitage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 9;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">A Behind the Scenes Look at\u00a0the Enactment of Hatch-Waxman<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Chief Judge Rader<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 9.58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 57.1%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"57%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">The Great Debate II (topic to be decided)**<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 33.32%; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;\" width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Arti Rai\/Ed Reines<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #1f497d;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">*\u201cThe Great Debate I\u201d took place three years ago between the Obama and McCain campaigns on the topic of patent policy. 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