Nominations now open for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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Nominations now open for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu

NMTI laureates Joseph DeSimone, Cato Laurencin, and Mark Humayun

NMTI laureates Joseph DeSimone, Cato Laurencin, and Mark Humayun after the White House medal ceremony. (Photo by Jay Premack/USPTO)

Nominations are now open for the 2020 National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI) and will remain open until April 3, 2020. The NMTI is the nation’s highest honor to recognize those who have made great strides in advancing America’s competitiveness and quality of life and who have strengthened the nation’s workforce through technological innovations. Past winners include renowned inventors Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, whose imprint on modern technology is unmistakable.

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