Jerome H. Lemelson

Jerome "Jerry" Hal Lemelson (July 18, 1923 Staten Island, New York - October 1, 1997) was a prolific and controversial American inventor and patent holder.

References

• "Breaking the (Bar) Code. The fabled Lemelson patents won't scan anymore. How Jesse Jenner brought down a billion dollar licensing empire.", by Susan Hansen, IP Law & Business/March 2004 http://www.ipww.com/texts/lemelson0304.html
• "Dead Patents Walking Loopholes in the patent process exploited by Jerome Lemelson, one of the most prolific inventors of all time, may be finally closing in on him", by William F. Heinze, Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer, and Risley, IEEE Spectrum http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=i050202