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Three-Day Innovation Event Series To Honor The Nation's Most Creative Minds On May 11-13ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Inventors Hall of Fame and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will induct 14 trailblazers who have changed the world through their prolific inventions. This year's expanded three-day celebration, emceed by Mo Rocca, Emmy winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and Host of CBS The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, will shine a spotlight on the men and women who are responsible for the evolution of innovation and technology. Their perseverance and passion serve as inspiration to every generation and continue to drive entrepreneurship and curiosity in order to brighten our nation's future. "The 2015 Inductees risked everything to create what the general public now takes for granted," said Invent Now, Inc. CEO Michael Oister. "We are privileged to honor them during the 43rd Annual National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. We are optimists and catalysts for positive change and we challenge the next generation to reinvent America." This year's celebration will honor life-changing achievements of innovators who gave us the blue light-emitting diode (LED), Bluetooth® wireless technology, the X-ray spectrometer, rear projection television and 3D applications, regenerated skin and many other avant-garde breakthroughs in medicine, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The criteria for Induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame requires candidates to hold a U.S. patent that has contributed significantly to the nation's welfare and the advancement of science and useful arts. The 2015 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees include George Alcorn, John Burke Mary-Dell Chilton, Edith Clarke, Marion Donovan, Charles Drew, Jaap C. Haartsen, Thomas Jennings, Kristina M. Johnson, Paul MacCready, Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura, Stanford Ovshinsky, Gary Sharp and Ioannis Yannas. For more information about this year's Inductees please visit our media room. "I am so happy that the National Inventors Hall of Fame was invented. Otherwise I would not have the wonderful opportunity to host this three-day celebration of American inventiveness," said Mo Rocca, Emmy winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and Host of CBS The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation. "My hope is that the genius of these innovators and visionaries will rub off on me so that one day I will invent soething worthy of induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame." The three-day event series will include:
To be a part of this grand celebration and honor world-renowned inventors that have changed the world, please call 800.968.4332 or visit www.invent.org/sponsors. The National Inventors Hall of Fame is presenting individuals and businesses the opportunity to connect with the most powerful people in the innovation and technology industries. "This year's Inductees have expanded our horizons, technological and intellectual, and their contributions have driven economic growth in America. They exemplify the true spirit of invention, innovation and entrepreneurship," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee. "The USPTO's mission is to promote and encourage innovation, and this three-day event series of recognition will showcase the activities that fuel the American engine of innovation and provide a platform for future advances." The National Inventors Hall of Fame's influence in driving innovation and its dedication to shaping the future continues well beyond the May Induction events. As part of their ongoing involvement in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inductees will help to foster the development of America's next generation of innovators by helping to create the curriculum of Camp Invention. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Camp Invention is the nation's premier summer enrichment day camp that encourages innovation in youth through science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) content. Inductees will also help select winners of the annual Collegiate Inventors Competition, a national platform for showcasing the emerging ideas and technologies that will benefit our society in the future. For more information about the National Inventors Hall of Fame, please visit www.invent.org. About the National Inventors Hall of Fame: About Invent Now: About the United States Patent and Trademark Office: CONTACT: Video - http://youtu.be/e4BoxY-NcgA To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/three-day-innovation-event-series-to-honor-the-nations-most-creative-minds-on-may-11-13-300063656.html SOURCE National Inventors Hall of Fame |