The USPTO and National Inventors Hall of Fame (Akron, Ohio) have announced the 2008 inductees into the NIHF. The seven living inventors inducted are:

• Ruth Benerito for wrinkle-free cotton (55+ patents)
  
• Amar Bose for improvements in audio technology (30 patents)
• Nick Holonyak, Jr. for the light emitting diode (2 patents)
  
• Erna Hoover for computerized telephone switching (1 patent)
• Amos Joel, Jr. for the switching concept for cellular phones (70+ patents)
• William Murphy, Jr. for a variety of medical devices including the blood bag and disposable medical trays (40+ patents)
• Kenneth Richardson for the anti-fungal drug, Fluconazole (40+ patents)

The inductees will be honoured in an official ceremony on May 3.