2011 INPEX® Special Awards
| AWARD | INVENTOR | INVENTION | COUNTRY | INPEX Grand Prix ($7,500 Prize) |
Ross Nanotechnology, LLC | Never Wet Coatings | USA |
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| INPEX Grand Prix – 1st Runner-Up ($3,000 Prize) |
Virgil Heil | The Cool Green Machine | USA |
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| INPEX Grand Prix – 2nd Runner-Up ($2,000 Prize) |
Sadeq Qassem | ALCHEMIST | Kuwait |
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| Best Invention of the Americas | Kousttantin Kulikov & Sergey Cheprasov | The GET (Green Eco-Trike) | USA |
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| Best Invention of Europe | Vilko Ziljak, Ivana Stanimirovic Ziljak, Klaudio Pap, Jana Ziljak Vujic, Graficki Fakultet | Dual Detection ZGRB Apparatus | Croatia |
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| Best Invention of the Far East | Chih-Cheng Chen, Min-Chi Chung, Chun-Liang Chen, Ming-Chiou Shen, I-Ting Chen, Po-Chou Chen & Cing-Cheng Huang | Far Infrared Ceramic as Heat-Dissipation Component of High Power LED | Taiwan |
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| Best Invention of the Pacific Rim | Dr. Balbir Singh Mahinder Singh & M Shawari Abu Bakar | Jejaksuria – Sun Tracking System | Malaysia |
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| Best Invention of Africa | Roger Pacey | No-Wax Lost Wax Investment Casting | South Africa |
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| Church & Dwight Hammered on Innovation Award | Zoya Lavrova | 3D Braided Dental Floss | USA |
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| Reckitt Benckiser Recognition Award | Perriann Holden | Bod Pockets and Foot Padz | USA |
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| Stanley Black & Decker Best Invention Award | Lars Richter | 3-D Level | USA |
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| SkyMall Innovation Award | Mary Anne Randall | ClearKey™ | USA |
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| OXO Excellence in Innovation Award | Paul Steuer | AquaCrave® | USA |
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| Hampton Direct Innovation Award | Albert Artsvelyan | Petal Plate™ | USA |
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| Skyline Best Display Award | Michael Haider | Sole-Magic | USA |
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| CEO Space Lifetime Membership | Cindy Hiatt | Incontinence Recliner Cover | USA |
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| Humanitarian Award | Del Huit | Crutchbuster | USA |
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| Woman Inventor of the Year | Kendra Rivers | Keep it Klose | USA |
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| Woman Inventor of the Year | Namita Rautray | SAFIX™ Scrub Pad | India |
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| Innovators Cup | Dr. Abd-Elaziem Farouk | Saudi Arabia | |
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| Ambassador Award | Berny Dohrmann | USA | |
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| Largest Delegation | The Delegation of Taiwan | Taiwan | |
For past Special Award winners, click on the links below.
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