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Jerome
H. Lemelson, a good
friend, and the greatest inventor of our times, passed away
10-1-97.
Bob
Kearns,
Another friend & auto industry's worst nightmare.
Bob passed away in February 2005 after
having been institutionalized for a
few years with Alzheimer's.
Gertrude
Elion, A fine person, friend and
role model.
Ronald
J. Riley Bio - Favorite
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Ronald J. Riley is president of Riley
Consulting, Inc., Riley & Associates, Inc. (licenses his
intellectual property), and Riley Enterprises, Inc., all Grand
Blanc, Michigan based corporations and is an inventor who
specializes in industrial controls and product development but
also has patents in process in diverse areas such as foot wear,
telecommunications, exercise equipment, biotechnology, and
numerous other consumer products. He currently has five patents
granted related to automated industrial monorails and two
patents granted related to treadmills.
Ronald J. Riley is recognized both in the
United States and internationally for his business, political,
and public service contributions. He is listed in a number
of Marquis Who's
Who publications.
Who'sWho in America
Who's Who in Politics
Who'sWho in Science and Engineering
Who'sWho in the World
Awards
Ronald J. Riley has received many awards for his
service in a variety of companies during his professional career and
for community service. Some of the awards are detailed at Site
Awards on the website of InventorEd,
Inc.
Service to the Inventor Community
Ronald founded the Professional Inventors
Alliance (PIA) in 1993 to help inventors who faced
difficulties with infringement of their patents to share information
and network with other inventors facing similar problems.
In 1995 Ronald was one of the key organizers of
The Alliance for American Innovation. The Alliance was based
in Washington, DC lobbying Congress on behalf of independent
inventors until the passage of the American Inventors Protect Act of
1999 was enacted and then disbanded in 2002. Ronald was the
President of the Advisory Board of the Alliance during that time,
spending from four to eight weeks a year in Washington,
DC.
At the beginning of April 2005 Ronald
reincorporated The Alliance for
American Innovation, LLC. in response to a new initiative by
companies to legislate so called "Patent Reform"
calling for changes to the patent system which would hurt the
prospects of inventor-entrepreneurs.
He continues to consult with members of Congress to
improve the success rate of American inventors and is a leader in
fighting invention promotion fraud in North America and
internationally. Two documents listing some of the key players are posted here.
He founded InventorEd,
Inc. in 1995 to help aspiring inventors succeed
commercially. Unlike most inventor organizations we focus
heavily on the entrepreneurial aspects of inventing.
InventorEd became an IRS approved 501(c)3 nonprofit in 1998.
InventorEd averages between 50,000 and 100,000 page views a month
and services people in nearly eighty countries. In addition to
resources directed towards adult inventors, InventorEd has an
extensive children's section at www.InventorEd.org/k-12/.
InventorEd is actively seeking alliances with business interests who
have common goals.
Professional
Affiliations
InventorEd,
Inc, Founder & Exec. Dir. |
The
Alliance for American Innovation, LLC |
Professional Inventors
Alliance (PIA), President |
Investigative Reporters &
Editors, Inc. Member |
Alliance for
American Innovation, Inc.
Former Advisory Board President
BEWARE: AAI's
web site was hijacked. |
Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, Senior Member |
American Society of
Inventors, Member |
National Space Society,
Member |
A. C. Gilbert's Discovery
Village, The
National Toy Hall of Fame, Former Member of The National Selection
Committee |
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Member |
Intellectual Property
Creators, Member and formerly served on the advisory board. |
Planetary Society, Member |
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