[inaudible conversations] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Today is a busy day. As we all know very important both will be taking place, republicans of knickers will be meeting in their caucuses so people are going to be coming in and out. I also think that this hearing is important enough that we extend the time for questioning from the usual five minutes to seven minutes, if thats okay with folks. Let me begin by welcoming the ceos of Bristol Myers squibb, chris berner, we thank you for being here. Ceo merck robert davis, we thank you for being here. And the Seahawks Johnson johnson Joaquin Duato for being with us this morning. Thanks very much. There is a lot of discussion in our nation about how divided our people are on many issues. And that is absolutely true, but on one of the most important issues facing our country, the American People whether democrats, republicans come in the pesco conservatives, progresses could not be more u
Sen. Thillis on behalf of the chair, i will turn to our Witness Panel productions. Our first witness is professor of law at the Antonin Scalia school of law at george mason university. He has published extensively on ip law. Next, mark dean, cofounder of a medical device incubator. Mr. Dean is a coinventor on two hundred 50 issued and pending u. S. Patents. Then we have david jones, executive director of a coalition of innovative hightechnology Companies Like google, intel, microsoft and adobe. Then we will hear from david cap. He is director of the u. S. Patent and trademark office. If you all will stand very briefly so we can swear you in. Do you swear and affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . Saint thank you all. You may be seated. Thank you Ranking Member tills and members of the subcommittee. In q4 this opportunity to speak with you today about the pressing need for reform of section 1 and why congress shoul
Sen. Thillis on behalf of the chair, i will turn to our Witness Panel productions. Our first witness is professor of law at the Antonin Scalia school of law at george mason university. He has published extensively on ip law. Next, mark dean, cofounder of a medical device incubator. Mr. Dean is a coinventor on two hundred 50 issued and pending u. S. Patents. Then we have david jones, executive director of a coalition of innovative hightechnology Companies Like google, intel, microsoft and adobe. Then we will hear from david cap. He is director of the u. S. Patent and trademark office. If you all will stand very briefly so we can swear you in. Do you swear and affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . Saint thank you all. You may be seated. Thank you Ranking Member tills and members of the subcommittee. In q4 this opportunity to speak with you today about the pressing need for reform of section 1 and why congress shoul
This first portion is just under three hours. The Senate Committee on health education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today is a busy day. Very important votes will be taking place. Democrats will be meeting in their caucuses, so people are going to be coming in and out. I also think that this hearing is important enough that we extend the time for questioning from the usual five minutes to seven minutes. Let me begin by welcoming the ceos of bristolmyers, chris verner, we thank you for being here. The ceo of merck, and the ceo of johnson and johnson for being with us this morning. Thank you very much. There is a lot of discussion in our nation about how divided our people are on many issues and that is absolutely true, but on one of the most important issues facing our country, the American People, whether they are democrats, republicans, independents, conservatives, progressives, could not be more united, and that is the need to substantially lower the outrageous prices of
Committee. This first portion is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Today is a busy day. As we all know very important both will be taking place, republicans of knickers will be meeting in their caucuses so people are going to be coming in and out. I also think that this hearing is important enough that we extend the time for questioning from the usual five minutes to seven minutes, if thats okay with folks. Let me begin by welcoming the ceos of Bristol Myers squibb, chris berner, we thank you for being here. Ceo merck robert davis, we thank you for being here. And the Seahawks Johnson johnson Joaquin Duato for being with us this morning. Thanks very much. There is a lot of discussion in our nation about how divided our people are on many issues. And that is absolutely true, but on one of the most important issues facing our country, the American People whether democrats, republicans come i