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The Jefferson Medal

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.

Previous Medalists

2025 Andrei Iancu
2024 Hon. Stanley R. Chesler
2023 Henry Hadad
2022 Hon. Jimmie V. Reyna
2019 Hon. Gregory M. Sleet
2018 Mary L. Cooper
2017 Dennis D. Crouch
2016 Sue L. Robinson
2015 Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley
2014 David J. Kappos
2013 Philip S. Johnson
2012 Hon. Garrett E. Brown Jr.
2011 Herbert C. Wamsley
2010 Triantafyllos Tafas and GlaxoSmithKline
2009 Hon. Richard Linn
2008 Robert A. Armitage
2007 Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa
2006 Howard W. Bremer
2005 Marybeth Peters
2004 Donald R. Dunner
2003 Randall R. Rader
2002 Ralph Oman
2001 Charles Van Horn
2000 Gerald J. Mossinghoff
1999 Hon. Paul R. Michel
1998 Alan D. Lourie
1997 Orrin G. Hatch
1996 Karl F. Jorda
1995 William J. Hughes
1994 J. Thomas McCarthy
1993 Robert D. Kastenmeier
1992 Michael K. Kirk
1991 Helen W. Nies
1990 Donaid J. Quigg
1989 Donald S. Chisum
1988 Hon. Pauline Newman
1987 Frederick Lacey
1986 J. B. Van Benthem
1985 Rene D. Tegtmeyer
1984 Donald W. Banner
1983 Isaac Fleischmann
1982 Harvey J. Winter
1981 William O. Baker
1980 Ernst Jucker
1979 Barbara Ringer
1978 Edward Vandenburgh III
1977 Howard T. Markey
1976 C. Marshall Dann
1975 Hon. William C. Conner
1974 Tom Arnold
1973 Jacob Rabinow
1972 Abraham L. Kaminstein
1971 Edward J. Brenner
1970 Eugene Worley
1969 John L. McClellan
1968 L. James Harris
1967 Tom C. Clark
1966 Reunion of Medalists
1965 Anthony W. Deller
1964 John W. Anderson
1963 Walter J. Derenberg
1962 John T. Connor
1961 Arthur M. Smith
1960 Edwin H. Land
1959 O. S. Colclough
1958 Robert C. Watson
1957 Vannevar Bush
1956 Learned Hand
1955 Giles S. Rich
1954 George E. Folk
1953 P. J. Federico
1952 Charles F. Kettering
1951 S. Chesterfield Oppenheim

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