Simon Sunatori

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Simon Sunatori (born January 10, 1959) is a Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for the invention of the Sunatori Pen. He obtained a Master of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1983, and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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Sunatori worked at Northern Telecom Electronics Ltd. and Bell-Northern Research Ltd. (now Nortel Networks) for 11 years as a Member of the Scientific Staff. He acted as Senior Integrated Circuit Designer for the CMOS Standard Cell Library, as Senior Design System Integrator for the GaAs Cell Library, and as UNIX Systems Administrator. For his work and commitment, he earned a few awards, notably two "Bell-Northern Research Awards of Excellence" and a "Northern Telecom Solutions for Excellence". In 1985, he created an on-line news, information and discussion forum called CM4NEWS, for which he served as Editor-in-Chief and later as Editor Emeritus.

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As an independent inventor, Sunatori has drafted and filed more than 50 solo patent applications in many fields, including electronics, magnetics, optics, software, hardware, energy, safety, environment, medical, consumer products, sporting goods, fashion, etc. with titles such as "Topless Microwave Cooking Device" and "Unisex Magnetic Coaxial Connector Device". He submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research, i.e., "Crash Survivor" and "Germ Buster". Some of his inventions appeared on the @discovery.ca programme on the Discovery Channel, i.e., "Erectable Hexa-Conical Take-Out Coffee Cup" (Winner, Innovation & Beauty), "Maglev Shopping Cart" (Winner) and "Ellipsoidal Squirrel-Free Bird Feeder" (Honourable Mention). Sunatori has been nominated for a Manning Innovation Award. In 1999, he became the first person in the world to file a Canadian patent application electronically on the Internet. In 2002, he was ranked number 11 on the list of most patent applications filed in Québec (the only independent inventor), as published in Les Affaires newspaper.