Ronald A. Katz

Ronald A. Katz
Born
Ronald A. Katz

(1936-03-10) March 10, 1936 (age 88)
Occupationinventor
FatherMickey Katz
Relatives

Ronald A. Katz (born March 10, 1936)[1][2] is an inventor and president of Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP. His inventions are primarily in the field of automated call center technology. Katz has developed a portfolio of more than 50 US patents covering his innovations. His inventions are related to toll free numbers, automated attendant, automated call distribution, voice response unit, computer telephone integration and speech recognition.[3] As a philanthropist and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center board member, Ronald Katz helped launch UCLA Operation Mend. He is a son of musician and comedian Mickey Katz, the brother of Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey, and uncle to actress and Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey.

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, Eric "Setting patent traps" Forbes Magazine, June 24, 2002
  3. ^ Bednarek et al., "Katz Patent Reexamination: A Change in Momentum Favoring RAKTL Targets", ShawPittman, June 9, 2004