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• Handbook for Inventors - Abstract: This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Prize Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions. In 1994, the nation's most prolific living inventor, Jerome H. Lemelson, and his wife, Dorothy, established the Lemelson-MIT Prize Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Based at the MIT Sloan School of Management, the goal of the Program is to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs through awards celebrating living role models, and public awareness and educational programs. We believe that invention is fertile soil for entrepreneurship and hope that this handbook will provide some helpful information on the patenting and commercialization processes.