CongressDaily recently reported that Armitage's name was being circulated among industry insiders as well as the names of Q. Todd Dickinson, who ran the PTO under former President Clinton; 3M IP counsel Gary Griswold; patent attorneys Ray Millien and James Pooley; and law professors Mark Lemley of Stanford and Arti Rai of Duke, a Harvard classmate of Obama's. "My hope is that the Obama administration will do what I've seen it do thus far -- get highly qualified, highly skilled people who can bring together diverse groups and get consensus," Armitage said.