Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NIHF has postponed the 2020 Induction events until October 2021. The previously selected NIHF Class of 2020 will formally be inducted with those chosen for the Class of 2021, and both groups together will comprise the Class of 2021. The 2021 Inductee Class announcement will be in late spring/early summer.

New Inductees

Meet the 2021 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees

2021 Living Inductees
R. Rox Anderson

Laser Dermatology

Sylvia Blankenship

1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness
Dana Bookbinder

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Raffaello D’Andrea

Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Ming-Jun Li

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Lisa Lindahl

Sports Bra
James McEwen

Automatic Surgical Tourniquet
Hinda Miller

Sports Bra
Mick Mountz

Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Edward Sisler

1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness
Polly Smith

Sports Bra
Pushkar Tandon

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Margaret Wu

Synthetic Lubricants
Peter Wurman

Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment

2021 Historical Inductees
James Abercrombie

Blowout Preventer (BOP)
Stewart Adams

Ibuprofen
Evelyn Berezin

Computer Systems for Business Use
Edward W. Bullard

Hard Hat

Harry Cameron

Blowout Preventer (BOP)
John Nicholson

Ibuprofen
Floyd Smith

Modern Parachute
Frank Zybach

Center-Pivot Irrigation

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