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 resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents 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, 1997, 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 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 this 28th day of October, 1997.

                                               COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


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


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



Capacities                                            Signatures

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

Vice President, Finance,
Treasurer, Secretary and Director
(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/ Michael G. Bolton           
                                               Michael G. Bolton


Director                                       S/ Bruce E. Lanton             
                                               Bruce E. Langton


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


Director                                       S/ John M. Sabin               
                                               John M. Sabin


Director                                       S/ Harry Van Benschoten        
                                               Harry Van Benschoten