Jerome Lemelson was one of America's most prolific inventors.

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Most recently TI was named as one of several codefendants in a case brought by the estate of controversial and prolific inventor Jerome Lemelson.

FORBES: Beyond the sunset

The property, pictured here, is the former home of inventor Jerome Lemelson and includes more than 670 feet of lake frontage, a private beach and a pier.

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The obituaries lauding the accomplishments of Norman Joseph Woodland, co-inventor of the bar code, also offer a cold rebuke of the man who claimed the same thing about himself: Jerome Lemelson.

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