Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, notes, opinion files, teaching files, printed matter, clippings, and other papers documenting Rich's career in patent and intellectual property law as a judge on the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and its successor the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Includes material pertaining to patents in the biotechnology, computer software, and pharmaceutical industries, to design protection, and to the "nonobviousness" standard for patents. Correspondents include Tom Arnold, George E. Frost, Frank Y. Gladney, Learned Hand, Alan Latman, Paul P. Rao, Homer J. Schneider, Arthur M. Smith, and Robert C. Watson.