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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is a US non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging inventors in academia, following the model of the National Academies of the United States. [1] It was founded at the University of South Florida in 2010. Starting in 2012, the NAI has inducted 757 Fellows into the organization. [2]
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2]
Dean Lawrence Kamen (/ ˈ k eɪ m ɪ n /; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, [2] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. [3] [4] Kamen holds over 1,000 patents. [5]
Many American inventors in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and tech are moving investment and registering patents in China and Europe, where courts have upheld patents invalidated in the U.S.
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Facebook Tries to Patent "Face" Facebook recently made headlines for going after teachers' networking site Teachbook for trademark infringement ...
Chadwell O'Connor (October 9, 1914 – September 5, 2007) was an American inventor and steam engine enthusiast. He is most remembered as the inventor of an improved fluid-damped tripod head , for which he won Academy Awards in 1975 and 1992.
First United States patent The National Inventors Hall of Fame is housed in the Madison Building of the USPTO. On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for an improvement "in the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process". This patent was signed by then-President George Washington.
From 1970 to 2006, African-American inventors received patents at a rate of six patents per million people, compared to 235 patents per million for all U.S. inventors. [16] This disparity highlights the ongoing challenges faced by African-American inventors in accessing the patent system.