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The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity
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The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity Paperback - 2008

by Patricia Sluby

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this important study, former United States primary patent examiner Patricia Carter Sluby pays homage to the inventive spirit of African Americans.
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  • Title The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity
  • Author Patricia Sluby
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger
  • Date 2008-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780313351563_pod
  • ISBN 9780313351563 / 0313351562
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.11 x 1.01 in (23.44 x 15.52 x 2.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects Inventors - United States, Scientists - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 604.899

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 351

About the author

Patricia Carter Sluby is a Registered Patent Agent and a former United States primary patent examiner. She is also a lecturer and freelance writer who has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss minority inventors. She is the past president of the National Intellectual Property Law Association. Her book Creativity and Inventions: The Genius of Afro-Americans and Women in the United States and Their Patents (1987) details the inventive nature of minorities in America.