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The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the whole world. The only prerequisite of induction is being named an inventor on a US patent. Posthumous induction is allowed. As of 2005 there were 221 inductees.

The organization has a museum in Akron, Ohio, and an annual induction ceremony. Inductees are chosen by a national panel of inventors and scientists. There are satellite offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.

It is a non-profit organization founded in 1973 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations. The organization also hosts Invent Now America, a bi-annual contest for inventors nationwide, in collaboration with the USPTO, Time magazine and The History Channel.

Inductees

External links

  • http://www.invent.org
  • http://www.inventnow.org

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National Inventors Hall of Fame

 

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