USPTO DIRECTOR MICHELLE K. LEE VISITS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
MARCH 11, 2016
HOUSTON, TX

Sapna Kumar (IPIL/HOUSTON),
Michelle K. Lee (Under Secretary of Commerce for IP, Director of the USPTO),
Dean Leonard Baynes (University of Houston Law Center)

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Michelle Lee and Sapna Kumar

Michelle Lee speaking to Houston Public Media

Pre-event reception

Ramanan Krishnamoorti (Interim VP for Research & Technology Transfer, UH),
Howard Speight (Attorney at Law), H. Albert Liou (Jones Day)

Richard Phillips (ExxonMobil Chemical Company) and Bill LaFuze (McKool Smith)

(L-R) Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Dean Baynes,
Ed Fein (NASA Johnson Space Center), Sapna Kumar

Richard Willson (Interim Associate VP Technology Transfer, UH),
Lindsay Lewis (Director of Communications, UH Division of Research),
James Willson (Andrews Kurth LLP)

Michelle Lee, Sharon Israel (Mayer Brown LLP), H. Albert Liou

Meet and greet

Conversation just before the "Fireside Chat" with Michelle Lee begins

Michelle Lee, Jack Goldstein (Attorney at Law), Paul Janicke (IPIL/HOUSTON)

Ramanan Krishnamoorti introduces Dean Baynes and Sapna Kumar

Richard Willson introduces Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee during her discussion covering the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative and the All in STEM initiative

Sapna Kumar, Michelle Lee and Dean Baynes

Michelle Lee

Sapna Kumar and Michelle Lee

The chat continues

“Fireside Chat”

(L-R) Sapna Kumar, Michelle Lee, Dean Baynes, and Ramanan Krishnamoorti