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About the Authors
Eugene Shteyn teaches Principles of Invention
and Innovation, The Patent Paradox, The
Greatest Innovations of Silicon Valley, Model-
based Invention and Innovation at Stanford
University Continuing Studies Program. His
innovation work, rst as a principal scientist at
Philips Research, then as a director of IP licens-
ing at Hewlett-Packard, is embodied in high
tech products and represented in industry stan-
dards such as DVD, UPnP, and DLNA. Eugene
holds 28 US patents and is a named inventor on
more than fty patents pending (in connected
media, nanotechnology, system architecture,
high-performance networking, superconductivit ...