FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Six Reasons to Pay Attention to the Patent System -- 3 Seven Criteria for Evaluating the Patent System -- 4 Seven Recommendations for a 21st-Century Patent System -- References -- Acronyms -- Law Cases Cited -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A A Patent Primer -- APPENDIX B Contributors -- APPENDIX C Committee and Staff Biographies.