Robert Greenberg, MD, PhD.
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SYLMAR, Calif.—Second Sight Medical Products (NASDAQ: EYES) announced that its chairman, Robert Greenberg, MD, PhD, will be inducted as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow at a ceremony to be held this evening at the Sixth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston, Mass.

“On behalf of the board of directors and the entire team at Second Sight, we congratulate Bob for his distinguished and profound contributions to science, technology and medicine, which have advanced our understanding of the tremendous potential of technology to restore vision and enabled blind individuals with Retinitis Pigmentosa to regain some useful vision,” said Will McGuire, president and CEO of the company.

Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded to inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and welfare of society. According to the 2016 NAI Activities Report, published in July 2016, NAI Fellows have generated more than 8,500 licensed technologies and companies and created more than 1.1 million jobs, with over $100 billion in revenue generated based on their discoveries.

Those elected to the rank of NAI Fellow are named inventors on U.S. patents and were nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation in areas such as patents and licensing, innovative discovery and technology, significant impact on society, and support and enhancement of innovation.

As of Dec. 31, 2016, Second Sight had 381 issued patents and 126 pending patent applications worldwide, with over 350 issued patents and over 100 pending applications naming Dr. Greenberg as an inventor.