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 George M. Stadler
and Frank R. McPike, Jr., and each of them severally, the true and
lawful attorneys and agents of the undersigned, each with full
power to act without any other and with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any all instruments which said attorneys and agents may
deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder in connection with the registration under the
Act of securities of the Company 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 Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company in
respect of such securities, to any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement, 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 attorneys and agents, or any of
them, 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 the 23rd day of December, 1996.

                                  COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                  By:    S/ George M. Stadler         
                                        George M. Stadler
                                        President and CEO

ATTEST:



S/ Frank R. McPike, Jr.                 
Frank R. McPike, Jr.
Secretary

CAPACITIES                                    SIGNATURES


President, CEO and Director                    S/ George M. Stadler     
(Principal Executive Officer)                 George M. Stadler


Vice President, Finance,
Treasurer, Secretary and
Director (Principal Financial                  S/ Frank R. McPike, Jr.  
and Accounting Officer                        Frank R. McPike, Jr.




Director                                       S/ Michael G. Bolton     
                                              Michael G. Bolton


Director                                       S/ Bruce E. Langton      
                                              Bruce E. Langton


Director                                       S/ H. S. Leahey          
                                              H. S. Leahey


Director                                       S/ Harry Van Benschoten  
                                              Harry Van Benschoten