In Partnership with:

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Presenting Sponsor - $100,000

Innovation Sponsors - $20,000

Inductee Sponsor - $10,000
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
 
Dinner Sponsors - $5,000
Alcatel-Lucent
Thomas Fogarty Winery and Vineyards
Foley & Lardner LLP
IBM Almaden Research Center
Morrison & Foerster
Xilinx, Inc.
 
Supporting Sponsors - $2,500
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Lisle M. Buckingham Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Continental Airlines
Finnegan
Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Don and Ruth Keck
Leydig, Voit & Mayer
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
The J.M. Smucker Company
The Timken Company
Workman Nydegger

Special Thanks to
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Corning, Inc.
Beacon Hill Staffing Group
Bite Communications
Ms. Mary Beth Carroll
Computer History Museum
EDA Consortium
Dr. Ethan C. Galloway
Mrs. Ethel M. Gross
Mr. Michael K. Kirk
Mr. David Mills
Semiconductor Industry Association
Mr. & Mrs. Louis and Betty Stevens
Ms. Maryann Wolowiec