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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] Fellows must be named as an inventor on at least one US patent and are selected by the NAI Fellows Committee. [3]
The NAI also includes colleges and universities as institutional members, beginning with 9 such institutions in 2012; [4] it now has over 200, including 30 outside the United States.. [5] [6]
Since 2013, the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association have released an annual report listing the top 100 universities by the number of US patents. [7] [8] The University of California has topped the list each year. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The NAI has held a yearly national conference since 2011. [13]
In 2017, US Representative Dennis A. Ross introduced the bill HR 976, which would provide the NAI a federal charter like those held by other US National Academies. [14]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
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Founded | 2010 |
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Website | http://www.academyofinventors.org |
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] Fellows must be named as an inventor on at least one US patent and are selected by the NAI Fellows Committee. [3]
The NAI also includes colleges and universities as institutional members, beginning with 9 such institutions in 2012; [4] it now has over 200, including 30 outside the United States.. [5] [6]
Since 2013, the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association have released an annual report listing the top 100 universities by the number of US patents. [7] [8] The University of California has topped the list each year. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The NAI has held a yearly national conference since 2011. [13]
In 2017, US Representative Dennis A. Ross introduced the bill HR 976, which would provide the NAI a federal charter like those held by other US National Academies. [14]