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‘World’s Youngest Inventor’ of 100 Patents Killed in Syria

Besides Steve Jobs, who was of Syrian extraction, one of the most notable Syrian inventor was Issa Abboud, 27, who was the recipient of a WIPO Gold Medal Award for “the world’s youngest inventor”, and who was issued over 100 patents. To put this in perspective, since the formation of the Syrian Patent Office in 1946, there have only been about 5,700 Syrian patents issued, and Mr. Abbound was issued about 5% of them. Unfortunately, it has been reported that Mr. Abboud was shot dead in his car by criminal armed gangs at al-Nozha neighborhood in Homs on Sunday.