Inventor Rich Ernst Receives Award

Inventor Rich Ernst received the 2010 Creative Achievement Award from the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago on May 4, 2010 at their Annual Meeting.  Mr. Ernst is a named inventor on more than 55 U.S. patents.  He has been employed by Illinois Tool Works (ITW) for more than 35 years and has received multiple awards from ITW for the numerous patents and commercial success of his inventions.  We congratulate ITW and Mr. Ernst on this achievement and have been honored to work with them to secure patent protection for several of these inventions.  For more information about Rich Ernst's award, see www.iplac.org/News/IPLAC_2010_Creative_Achievement_Award.pdf