Jefferson Medalists

Following a 70 year tradition, the NJIPLA presents the Jefferson Medal annually to someone who has made exceptional contributions to the field of intellectual property law. Previous Medalists include judges, members of Congress, Patent and Trademark Office officials and leaders of the intellectual property bar. Reserve Your Seat/Table for the 2023 Jefferson Medal Dinner at The American Beauty located in the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 250 Connell Drive, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922.

Stanley R. Chesler	2024
Henry Hadad Jimmie V. Reyna	2023 2022
Gregory M. Sleet	2019
Mary L. Cooper	2018
Dennis D. Crouch	2017
Sue L. Robinson	2016
Kathleen M. O'Malley	2015
David J. Kappos	2014
Philip S. Johnson	2013
Garrett E. Brown Jr.	2012
Herbert C. Wamsley	2011
Triantafyllos Tafas and GlaxoSmithKline	2010
Richard Linn	2009
Robert A. Armitage	2008
Arthur J. Gajarsa	2007
Howard W. Bremer	2006
Marybeth Peters	2005
Donald R. Dunner	2004
Randall R. Rader	2003
Ralph Oman	2002
Charles Van Horn	2001
Gerald J. Mossinghoff	2000
Paul R. Michel	1999
Alan D. Lourie	1998
Orrin G. Hatch	1997
Karl F. Jorda	1996
William J. Hughes	1995
J. Thomas McCarthy	1994
Robert D. Kastenmeier	1993
Michael K. Kirk	1992
Helen W. Nies	1991
Donaid J. Quigg	1990
Donald S. Chisum	1989
Pauline Newman	1988
Frederick Lacey	1987

J. B. Van Benthem	1986
Rene D. Tegtmeyer	1985
Donald W. Banner	1984
Isaac Fleischmann	1983
Harvey J. Winter	1982
William O. Baker	1981
Ernst Jucker	1980
Barbara Ringer	1979
Edward Vandenburgh III	1978
Howard T. Markey	1977
C. Marshall Dann	1976
William C. Conner	1975
Tom Arnold	1974
Jacob Rabinow	1973
Abraham L. Kaminstein	1972
Edward J. Brenner	1971
Eugene Worley	1970
John L. McClellan	1969
L. James Harris	1968
Tom C. Clark	1967
Reunion of Medalists	1966
Anthony W. Deller	1965
John W. Anderson	1964
Walter J. Derenberg	1963
John T. Connor	1962
Arthur M. Smith	1961
Edwin H. Land	1960
O. S. Colclough	1959
Robert C. Watson	1958
Vannevar Bush	1957
Learned Hand	1956
Giles S. Rich	1955
George E. Folk	1954
P. J. Federico	1953
Charles F. Kettering	1952
S. Chesterfield Oppenheim	1951

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