EXHIBIT 24.1

                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



      KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned,
COMPETITIVE   TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation   (the
"Company"),  and each of the undersigned directors and officers  of
the  Company, does hereby constitute and appoint Frank  R.  McPike,
Jr.,  the  true  and lawful attorney and agent of the  undersigned,
with  full  power to act without any other and with full  power  of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and  things
and  to  execute  any and all instruments which said  attorney  and
agent  may  deem  necessary or desirable to enable the  Company  to
comply  with  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  (the
"Act"),  and  any  rules,  regulations  and  requirements  of   the
Securities  and  Exchange Commission thereunder in connection  with
the filing under the Act of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K  for  fiscal  year ended July 31, 2001 and all  related  matters,
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of  the
foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the Company  and
the  names  of  the  undersigned  directors  and  officers  in  the
capacities  indicated below to the Form 10-K to be filed  with  the
Securities  and Exchange Commission, and to any and all  amendments
to  said  Form  10-K, and to any and all instruments  or  documents
filed as part of or in connection with any of the foregoing and any
and  all  amendments  thereto; and each of the  undersigned  hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorney and agent shall do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      This  Power  of  Attorney  may be executed  in  one  or  more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which, when taken together, shall be and constitute one instrument.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has  subscribed
these presents this 29th day of October, 2001.

                              COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                              By:  s/ Frank R. McPike, Jr.
                                   Frank R. McPike, Jr.
                                   President

ATTEST:


By:  s/ Jeanne Wendschuh
     Jeanne Wendschuh
     Secretary


Capacities                                   Signatures

President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)                 s/ Frank R. McPike, Jr.
                                        Frank R. McPike, Jr.


Director                                s/ George C.J. Bigar
                                        George C.J. Bigar


Director                                s/ Richard E. Carver
                                        Richard E. Carver


Director                                s/ George W. Dunbar, Jr.
                                        George W. Dunbar, Jr.


Director                                s/ Samuel M. Fodale
                                        Samuel M. Fodale


Director                                s/ Charles J. Philippin
                                        Charles J. Philippin


Director                                s/ John M. Sabin
                                        John M. Sabin