SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BERMAN 10 71 73 74 83 84 85 BLAINE MERRITT 5 DAVID WHITNEY 5 DUDAS 15 66 67 70 71 73 74 76 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 85 88 HOSTETTLER 77 ISSA 75 76 77 JOE KEELEY 5 LOFGREN 78 79 80 81 86 87 88 89 MITTAL 22 69 88 PERRY H. APELBAUM 4 PHILIP G. KIKO 3 RYAN VISCO 5 SHANNA WINTERS 5 SMITH 8 10 13 14 15 20 21 24 34 37 57 60 66 67 68 69 70 74 81 82 83 86 88 89 STERN 14 34 87 VAN HORN 57 81 87 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS TESTIMONY OF THE HONORABLE JON W. DUDAS, UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (PTO) PAGE 15 TESTIMONY OF ANU K. MITTAL, DIRECTOR, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) PAGE 21 TESTIMONY OF RONALD J. STERN, PRESIDENT, PATENT OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION (POPA) PAGE 34 TESTIMONY OF CHARLES VAN HORN, FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT, AND DUNNER, LLP PAGE 57 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING