1995 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 November 1997 11/03/1997 - USPTO to highlight secure, cutting-edge electronic technology October 1997 10/29/1997 - PTO acknowledges excellence with the Donald J. Quigg Award 10/17/1997 - High tech, corporate innovations will be on display at a special exhibition 10/15/1997 - Four of America's most outstanding inventors will receive the Ronald H. Brown American Innovator Award 10/09/1997 - Mind Matters '97 Exhibit to Highlight Latest American Technology 10/09/1997 - Join Us For A Kick-Off Reception and Enjoy a Sneak Preview of Mind Matters '97 10/08/1997 - Second Annual Independent Inventors Conference: "Celebrating America's Heroes" September 1997 09/11/1997 - President Clinton Names Bruce A. Lehman Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities August 1997 08/25/1997 - Milestone: USPTO to issue Plant Patent 10,000 June 1997 06/18/1997 - USPTO Commissioner Bruce Lehman among the Washington 100 April 1997 04/24/1997 - House passes bill to reinvent patent system USPTO to make great strides forward March 1997 03/31/1997 - Examiner in Chief retires from USPTO after long career in government service 03/14/1997 - Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries: now conveniently situated in all fifty states. February 1997 02/25/1997 - Commisioner Bruce Lehman to represent administration in congressional testimony 02/12/1997 - No, Ms. Stein, a Rose Is . . . an Invention 02/12/1997 - PTO to Modernize Operations, Awards Its Largest Contract in History January 1997 01/31/1997 - Lehman to Address Press Club Audience -- IP's Paramount Importance: the Next Four Years and Beyond 01/21/1997 - USPTO Announces Last Year's Top Patent Earners -- IBM Again Tops the List