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Thomas David Petite
American inventor (born 1956)
Thomas David Petite (born May 30, 1956) is an American inventor.[1] He is Native American and a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe.
He is also a founder of the Native American Intellectual Property Enterprise Council, a non-profit organization helping Native American inventors and communities.
Petite has more than 100 US patents pending, dating back to 1995 on ad hoc networks.
A listing of some of his inventions can found at Patent Genius or by a search at The US Patent Office. Petite is considered to be a visionary scientist/engineer, with business knowledge skills. His early inventions seem to demonstrate a foresight to see the technology curve with business values.
Native american scientist biography
Early life
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he is the son of Robert Eugene Petite of the Fond du Lac Chippewa tribe[2] and Helen Ruth Byrd.
Thomas David Petite goes by his middle name David.
He was brought up in At