UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2007

                     National Patent Development Corporation
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

        0-50587                                              13-4005439
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  Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)


         777 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY                  10604
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                                 (914) 249-9700
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

         Effective March 8, 2007, Roald Hoffmann, Ph.D. resigned as a director
of National Patent Development Corporation.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       NATIONAL PATENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION


Date: March 9, 2007                    Jerome I. Feldman
                                       Chief Executive Officer