UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Feldman, Jerome I.
145 West Patent Road
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
National Patent Development Corporation
NPD
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
November 1996
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
President and Chief Executive Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | | |62,213 |D | |
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| | | | | | |526 |I |By Spouse |
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| | | | | | |647 |I |By Daughter |
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Class B Capital Stock | | | | | | |31,250 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Stock Option (Right to|$8.69 |11/19|J* | |150,000 |A |11/19|11/19|Class B Capi|150,000|$8.69 |150,000 |D | |
Buy) | |/96 | | | | |/96 |/01 |tal Stock | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
*Options to purchase 150,000 shares of Class B Capital Stock of the Issuer were
granted pursuant to an
Employment Agreement, dated May 19, 1995, as amended on November 19, 1996,
between the Issuer and the
Reporting Person. These options are exercisable over a three-year period,
beginning on November 19, 1996.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Jerome I. Feldman
DATE
December 3, 1996
