UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20549

                                  FORM 4

               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

  Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
          or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.  Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue.  See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Sabin                    John                M.
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     (Last)                   (First)             (Middle)

     14709 Lancraft Court
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                              (Street)

     Darnestown,              MD                  20874
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     (City)                   (State)             (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     Competitive Technologies, Inc. (CTT)
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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
     (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

     January 2, 2003
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

     [x] Director                       [  ] 10% Owner
     [ ] Officer (give title below)     [  ] Other (specify below)


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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


+----------------------+---------+-------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+------------+---------------------+
|1. Title              |2.       |2A.    |3.Trans- |4.Securities           |5.Amount of     |6.Owner-    |7.Nature of          |
|   of Security        |Trans-   |Deemed |  action |  Acquired (A)         |  Securities    |  ship      |  Indirect           |
|   (Instr. 3)         |action   |Execu- |  Code   |  (or Disposed of (d)  |  Beneficially  |  Form:     |  Beneficial         |
|                      |Date     |tion   |(Instr.8)|  (Instr. 3,4 and 5)   |  Owned         |  Direct    |  Owner-             |
|                      |         |if, any|         |                       |  Following     | (D) or     |  ship               |
|                      |(Month/  |       +----+----+--------+-----+--------|  Reported      | Indirect(I)|                     |
|                      |Day/     |(Month/|Code| V  |Amount  |(A)  |Price   |  Transaction(s)| (Instr. 4) |  (Instr. 4)         |
|                      |Year)    |Day/   |    |    |        | or  |        |  (Instr. 3 and |            |                     |
|                      |         |Year)  |    |    |        |(D)  |        |   4)           |            |                     |
+----------------------+---------+-------+----+----+--------+-----+--------+----------------+------------+---------------------+
                                                                                   
Common Stock             1/2/03            A        2,500     A      (1)      9,526             D
                                                                                200             I          Spouse




Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities
           beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
  see Instruction 4(b)(v)

TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
           (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



+-----------+-------+------+-------+---------+------------+----------------+----------------+-------|---------+---------+---------+
|1.         |2.     |3.    | 3A.   |4.       |5           |6.              |7.              |8.     |9.Number |10.      |11.      |
|           |       |      |       |         |            |                |                |       |of Deriv-|         |         |
|           |       |      |       |         |            |                |                |       |ative    |         |         |
|           |Conver-|      |       |         |            |                |                |       |Secur-   |Owner-   |         |
|           |sion   |      |       |         |Number of   |                |Title and Amount|       |ities    |ship     |         |
|           |or     |      |       |         |Derivative  |Date Exer-      |of Underlying   |       |Bene-    |Form of  |         |
|           |Exer-  |      |Deemed |         |Securities  |cisable and     |Securities      |Price  |fically  |Deriv-   |Nature   |
|           |cise   |      |Execu- |         |Acquired (A)|Expiration      |(Instr.3 and 4) |of     |Owned    |ative    |of       |
|           |Price  |Trans-|tion   |Trans-   |or Disposed |Date (Month/    +--------+-------+Deriva-|Follow-  |Security:|Indirect |
|           |of     |action|Date,  |action   |of (D)      |Day/Year)       |        |Amount |tive   |ing      |Direct   |Benefi-  |
|Title of   |Deri-  |Date  |if any |Code     |(Instr. 3, 4|--------+-------|        |or     |Secur- |Reported |(D) or   |cial     |
|Derivative |vative |Month/|(Month/|(Instr.8)| and 5)     |Date    |Expira-|        |Number |ity    |Trans-   |Indirect |Owner-   |
|Security   |Secur- |Day/  |Day/   +-----+---+------+-----+Exercis-|tion   |        |of     |(Instr.|action(s)|(I)      |ship     |
|(Instr. 3) |ity    |Year) |Year)  |Code | V | (A)  | (D) |able    |Date   |Title   |Shares | 5)    |(Instr.4)|(Instr.4)|(Instr.4)|
+-----------+-------+------+-------+-----+---+------+-----+--------+-------+--------+-------+-------+------- -+---------+---------+
                                                                                    
Right to buy  $2.14  1/2/03           A       10,000       1/2/03   1/2/13  Common   10,000           40,000      D
                                                                              Stock


Explanation of Responses:

  (1)  Common stock acquired in connection with the 1996 Directors' Stock
     Participation Plan


               /s/ Frank R. McPike, Jr.                January 3, 2003
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               Attorney in Fact for John M. Sabin           Date
          **   Signature of Reporting Person


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