National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Exterior of the National Inventors Hall of Fame museum, 2005

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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