The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part III
Subcommittee Hearing

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Time: 02:30 PM
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building 226
Presiding: Chairman Tillis
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Witnesses

Panel I

  1. Mr. Manny Schecter
    Chief Patent Counsel
    IBM
    Armonk , NY
  2. Ms. Laurie Self
    Senior Vice-President and Counsel, Government Affairs
    Qualcomm
    Washington , DC
  3. Mr. Byron Holz
    Senior Intellectual Property Rights Licensing Counsel
    Nokia
    Snellville , GA
  4. Ms. Kim Chotkowski
    Vice President, Head of Licensing Strategy and Operations
    InterDigital
    Washington , DC
  5. Mr. Sean Reilly
    Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
    The Clearing House Payments Company
    New York , NY

Panel II

  1. Ms. Laurie Hill
    Vice President, Intellectual Property
    Genentech
    San Francisco , CA
  2. Mr. Sean George
    Chief Executive Officer
    Invitae
    San Francisco , CA
  3. Mr. Gonzalo Merino
    Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
    Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
    New York , NY
  4. Mr. Peter O'Neill
    Executive Director
    Cleveland Clinic Innovations
    Cleveland , OH
  5. Dr. David Spetzler
    President and Chief Scientific Officer
    Caris Life Sciences
    Irving , TX

Panel III

  1. Mr. Michael Blankstein
    Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel - Patents and Licensing
    Scientific Games
    Las Vegas , NV
  2. Mr. Corey Salsberg
    Vice President, Global Head IP Affairs
    Novartis
    Washington , DC
  3. Mr. Nicolas Dupont
    CEO and Executive Chairman
    Cyborg Inc.
    New York , NY
  4. Mr. Robert Deberadine
    Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
    Johnson & Johnson
    New Brunswick , NJ
  5. Mr. John D. Vandenberg
    Partner
    Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
    Sherwood , OR