National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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national award science and technology award

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation is the United States’ highest honor for technological achievement, recognizing individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic, environmental, and social well-being through innovation.

Aliases (1)

National Medal of Technology ×9

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national award → science and technology award →
administeredBy	U.S. Department of Commerce → United States Patent and Trademark Office →
awardedFor	commercialization of technology → development of new or improved products, processes, or services → innovation → technological achievement →
benefits	national recognition → promotion of innovation culture in the United States →
ceremonyLocation	Washington, D.C. →
country	United States →
establishedBy	United States Congress →
field	applied science → engineering → innovation policy → technology →
focus	economic competitiveness → technological leadership of the United States →
formerName	National Medal of Technology →
frequency	annual →
hasAwardCategory	corporate achievement in technology → individual achievement in technology → team achievement in technology →
hasLanguage	English →
inception	1980 →
legalBasis	Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 →
notableRecipientExample	IBM → Ray Dolby → Steve Jobs →
presentedBy	President of the United States →
purpose	to recognize outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic well-being through technological innovation → to recognize outstanding contributions to the nation’s environmental well-being through technological innovation → to recognize outstanding contributions to the nation’s social well-being through technological innovation →
relatedAward	National Medal of Science →
relativeRank	highest honor for technological achievement in the United States →
scopeOfRecipients	companies → individuals → teams →
selectionProcess	evaluation by selection committee → public nomination →
shortName	NMTI →
sponsor	United States government →
status	active →
typicalAwardComponents	citation → medal →
website	https://www.uspto.gov/national-medal-technology-and-innovation →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andrew S. Grove → Andrew S. Grove → Arnold O. Beckman → Arthur D. Levinson → Burt Rutan → Chad Mirkin → Charles Geschke → Charles M. Vest → Dean Kamen → Dennis Ritchie ("National Medal of Technology") → Douglas Engelbart → Earl Bakken → Frances Arnold → Fred Brooks ("National Medal of Technology") → Gene Amdahl → Gordon E. Moore → Grace Hopper → Herbert Boyer → Ivan Sutherland → John Warnock → Ken Thompson ("National Medal of Technology") → Lawrence G. Roberts → Leslie E. Robertson → Nick Holonyak Jr. → Nick Holonyak Jr. → Norman R. Augustine → Paul Baran → Ray Dolby ("National Medal of Technology") → Ray Kurzweil → Robert Kahn ("National Medal of Technology") → Robert Langer → Robert W. Taylor → Russell Dupuis → Sergey Brin → Sergey Brin → Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. → Steve Jobs → Steve Wozniak ("National Medal of Technology") → Ursula Burns → Vinton Cerf ("National Medal of Technology") →	awardReceived
NMTI ("National Medal of Technology") → National Medal of Technology and Innovation ("National Medal of Technology") →	formerName
NMTI →	fullName
United States awards and decorations →	includes
David Packard →	notableAward
National Medal of Science →	relatedAward