1. & Office of Patent Counsel Patents and Pizza February 8, 2007 Presenter of Awards: Frank Cooch Speaker: Philip Arsenault, Optech Inc.

2. & Office of Patent Counsel Agenda: 11:00—Welcome 11:05—Remarks from Kristin Gray 11:10—Patent Awards Presented 11:30—Keynote Address 12:00—Lunch

3. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,106,194 Method for Metal Object Identification Using a Three- dimensional Steerable Magnetic Field Antenna Carl V. Nelson

4. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,106,893 Method and Apparatus for Segmenting Small Structures in Images Isaac N. Bankman Tanya Nizialek

5. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,109,038 Occult Blood Detection in Biological Samples by Laser Desorption and Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Biomedical Applications Peter F. Scholl Plamen A. Demirev Andrew B. Feldman

6. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,114,934 Structure Including a Plurality of Cells of Cured Resinous Material, Method of Forming the Structure and Apparatus for Forming the Structure Paul J. Biermann Jack C. Roberts

7. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,115,859 Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers for Improving Resolution and Mass Range Employing an Impulse Extraction Ion Source Timothy J. Cornish

8. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,115,861 Spectrograph Time-of- Flight System for Low Energy Neutral Particles Stefano A. Livi

9. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,118,287 Fiber Optic Coupler with In-line Optical Component Alexander S. Perry George M. Murray

10. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,118,531 Ingestible Medical Payload Carrying Capsule With Wireless Communication Jerry A. Krill

11. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,125,437 Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Particle Collection Efficiency Wayne A. Bryden Peter F. Scholl Micah A. Carlson Michael P. McLoughlin

12. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,126,148 Neutron Detection Based on Boron Activated Liquid Scintillation George M. Murray Harvey W. Ko Glen E. Southard

13. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,132,943 Moving Belt Sensor Carl V. Nelson

14. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,139,567 Tone Based Command System for Reception of Very Weak Signals Robert S. Bokulic J. Robert Jensen

15. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,148,585 Power Grid Backfeed Protection Apparatus Milton E. Goss, Jr.

16. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,148,691 Step Current Inductive Antenna for Pulse Inductive Metal Detector Carl V. Nelson Charles B. Cooperman

17. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,148,706 Embeddable Corrosion Rate Meters for Remote Monitoring of Structures Susceptible to Corrosion Rengaswamy Srinivasan Hassan M. Saffarian Terry E. Phillips

18. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,156,559 High Temperature Light Guide Leo R. Gauthier, Jr. Louis A. Mattes James E. McDonald

19. & Office of Patent Counsel 7,157,913 Reconfigurable Induction Coil for Metal Detection Carl V. Nelson