Government Support

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Annual Fund Sponsors

Ms. Jackie Acho
Mr. Marc Adler
Mr. Fred Allen
Mr. Stanley Apple
Ms. Dorothy Baunach
Dr. and Mrs. Forrest and Pamela Bird
Mr. Robert W. Briggs
Ms. Mary Beth Carroll
Dr. Hattie Carwell
Ms. Anne Chasser
Mr. David Clare
Mr. Tony D'Alessandro
Ms. Inger Eckert
Mr. Mark J. Ehlert
Sir Harold Evans
Dr. Edith Flanigen
Mr. Stephen Fox
Dr. Helen Free
Mr. Stephen Fry
Mr. J. Jeffrey Hawley
Mrs. Alberta Hensley
Dr. Marcian Hoff, Jr.
IBM Matching Grants Program
Dr. Fred Johnson
Mr. J. Ralph King
Mr. John Kirk, Jr.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
Mr. Ray Leach
Mr. Robert Lindefjeld
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mr. Rajive Mathur
Mr. Steven Miller
Mr. Donald Misheff
Mr. Rick Nydegger
Mr. & Mrs. George T. Parry
Mr. James Pooley
Mr. Robert Reffner
Dr. Peter Schultz
Dr. Rochelle Seide
Mr. Timothy Sheeler
Mr. Thomas F. Smegal, Jr.
Mr. James Sobieraj
Mr. Wayne Sobon
Dr. Stephen Squires
Mr. Gary Sterling
Dr. Elizabeth Stroble
Ms. Mary Ann Tucker
Unlimited Ink
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Ms. Royce Warrick
Dr. James E. West
Ms. Anne Wheelock
Mr. Sidney B. Williams
Mr. Jon Wood
Mr. Steve Wozniak
Dr. James Wynne
Dr. Robert Yager

Camp Invention Sponsors

Akron Community Foundation
American Electric Power
American Home Shield
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Amrep Southwest, Inc.
Baltimore Community Foundation
Baltimore County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC
Bedford Industries
Bloomington Education Foundation
Bob Evans Farms
Glenn R. and Alice V. Boggess Memorial
Boyle, Fredrickson, Newholm, Stein & Gratz, S.C.
BP Corporation North America Inc.
Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
The Lisle M. Buckingham Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
The Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation
The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
Community Bank of Nevada
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Community Foundation of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties
Davey Tree
Dow Corning Foundation
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Edwards LifeSciences
Entergy Charitable Foundation
FirstEnergy Foundation
FirstMerit Bank
Ford Motor Company Fund
GE Consumer and Industrial, Inc.
Happy Dancing Turtle
The Hendricks County Community Foundation
Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.
Hidden Valley
Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.
Hot Springs Area Community Foundation
Insouth Bank
Intel Corporation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
The Jochum-Moll Foundation
Just Think, Inc.
Lockheed Martin
The Lubrizol Foundation
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable
R.J. McElroy Trust
The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.
W. Paul Mills and Thora J. Mills Memorial Foundation
The Laura R. & Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation
Monroe Optimist Club
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Motorola Foundation
The Nordson Corporation Foundation
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Otis Elevator Company
Outfitters for Life
Reid Family Foundation
The Reinberger Foundation
Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation
Rohm and Haas Company
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials
Rohmax, USA
Rotary Club of Antioch
Saint Gobain Corporation Foundation
Sam’s Club #6447
Sandia National Laboratories/Lockheed
Scientific-Atlanta Foundation
Scottsdale Charros
Scottsdale Unified School District Foundation
Lloyd L. & Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation
Sony Electronics, Inc.
South East Educational Cooperative
The Swiss Colony, Inc.
Tempe Impact Educational Foundation, Inc.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tipton County Education Foundation
Vratsinas Construction Company
Waddey & Patterson, LLC
Wal-Mart #394
The S.K. Wellman Foundation
Westinghouse Electric Company
Whitnall Schools Foundation
Winema Electric Inc.
Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, SC

Club Invention Sponsors

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership
AstraZeneca
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Boys and Girls Club of Delaware
The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
Buckeye Oil Producing Company
Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
The Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County
The Denver Foundation
The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
The Education Foundation of Kenosha
The Eisner Foundation
The Albert W. and Edith V. Flowers Charitable Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company Fund
The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
GAR Foundation
GE Consumer and Industrial
The Ginn Foundation
Intellectual Property Law Section of the District of Columbia Bar
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Lake-Geauga Fund of The Cleveland Foundation
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable
L’Oreal USA
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation
Kinder Morgan Foundation
The Nord Family Foundation
Office of Catholic Education
Rohm and Haas Company
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh
The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust
Stark Community Foundation

Collegiate Inventors Competition Sponsors

Bridgestone/Firestone America's Holdings, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Don and Ruth Keck
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Ocean Tomo
Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Fund
Springbanc Group LLC
Mr. John R. Zhang

Exhibits and General Operating Sponsors

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Continental Airlines
The Dominion Foundation
Licensing Executives Society
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
SGS Tool Company

2008 Induction Sponsors

Accenture
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Akron Art Museum
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron Children's Hospital
American Engineering and Metalworking
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Bose Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. David and Ann Brennan
Brouse McDowell
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment of the Akron Community Foundation
CBIZ
Continental Airlines
Corning, Inc.
Crowell & Moring LLP
Ernst & Young, LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
FirstEnergy Foundation
FirstMerit Bank
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Thomas Fogarty Winery and Vineyards
Dr. Steven Garrett
GOJO
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP
IBM Corporation
Intellectual Ventures
Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Don and Ruth Keck
Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Mary Catherine Kirk
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Leydig, Voit & Mayer
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Morrison & Foerster
National City
Northeast Projections, Inc.
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Pall Corporation
Palmaz Vineyards
Mrs. Jan Parry
Pfizer
Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Fund at The Cleveland Foundation
Roetzel & Andress
Rohm & Haas
Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard and Renate Sessler
The J.M. Smucker Company
Mr. Gary Sterling
Thomarios
Time Warner Cable
The Timken Company
The University of Akron
The University of Akron School of Law
Unlimited Ink
Workman Nydegger