Patent expert at U of M carries flag for Carnegie Research status
Hai Trieu, who has 130 patents of his own, stands in front of a wall of patents belonging to the University of Memphis at the FedEx Institute of Technology Dec. 6. Trieu has been selected as a 2019 Fellow for the National Academy of Inventors. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Hai Trieu, a former R & D researcher at Medtronic, has trained his brain to find solutions. Now he has 130 U.S. patents to his name, including more than 100 in spinal surgery alone. This week, he's among 168 fellows around the world elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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