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<description><![CDATA[By <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=41232">presidential proclamation</a>, it's National Inventors' Day on February 11th, the anniversary of the birth of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison">Thomas Alva Edison</a>.<br />
<blockquote>One of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology, Thomas Edison earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone transmitter, and the motion-picture projector. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory.<br />
</blockquote><a href="http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/50.html">Edison</a>, along with <a href="http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_2_listing_inventor.asp?vAlpha=">many other inventors</a>, is honored with induction into <a href="http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp">The National Inventors Hall of Fame&trade;</a>.<br />
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And to celebrate National Inventors' Day, <a href="http://inventblog.com/2008/02/blawg-review-146.html">Blawg Review #146</a> is hosted this week by patent attorney Stephen Nipper at The Invent Blog, which includes a link to a post on this blog reminding everyone that it's not too late to <a href="http://www.securinginnovation.com/2008/01/articles/patents/national-inventor-of-the-year-nominations/">nominate someone for National Inventor of the Year</a>.<br />
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For the rest of us, there's <a href="http://www.pbs.org/everydayedisons/topicfeature.html">casting calls</a> for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/everydayedisons/index.html">Everyday Edisons</a>.]]></description>
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