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An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 verb invenire, invent-, to find. The system of patent
Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
s was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly
Monopoly

In economics, a monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it....
 on invention
Invention

An invention is the creation of a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas....
s determined to be sufficiently novel
Novelty (patent)

Novelty is a patentability requirement. An invention is not patentable if the claim ed subject matter was disclosed before the date of filing, or before the date of priority right if a priority is claimed, of the patent application....
, non-obvious
Inventive step and non-obviousness

The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a same general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be sufficiently inventive — i.e., non-obvious — in order to be patented....
, and useful
Utility (patent)

In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines....
. See Inventor (patent)
Inventor (patent)

In patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claim of a patentability invention. In some patent law frameworks, however, such as in the European Patent Convention and its case law, no explicit, accurate definition of who exactly is an inventor is provided....
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An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 verb invenire, invent-, to find. The system of patent
Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
s was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly
Monopoly

In economics, a monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it....
 on invention
Invention

An invention is the creation of a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas....
s determined to be sufficiently novel
Novelty (patent)

Novelty is a patentability requirement. An invention is not patentable if the claim ed subject matter was disclosed before the date of filing, or before the date of priority right if a priority is claimed, of the patent application....
, non-obvious
Inventive step and non-obviousness

The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a same general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be sufficiently inventive — i.e., non-obvious — in order to be patented....
, and useful
Utility (patent)

In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines....
. See Inventor (patent)
Inventor (patent)

In patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claim of a patentability invention. In some patent law frameworks, however, such as in the European Patent Convention and its case law, no explicit, accurate definition of who exactly is an inventor is provided....
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See also

  • Creativity
    Creativity

    Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts....
  • List of inventors
    List of inventors

    This is a list of inventors.See also: List of scientists, Timeline of invention, List of inventions named after people, List of inventors killed by their own inventions, and :Category:Inventors....
  • History of science and technology
    History of science and technology

    The history of science and technology is a field of history which examines how humanity's understanding of nature and ability to manipulate it have changed over the millennia....
  • Independent inventor
    Independent inventor

    An independent inventor is an inventor that creates inventions him or herself. They often earn their income from selling or licensing the patents they get on their inventions....
  • Invention
    Invention

    An invention is the creation of a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas....
  • Inventor's notebook
    Inventor's notebook

    An inventor's notebook is used by inventors, scientists and engineers to record their ideas, invention process, experimental tests and results and observations....
  • Inventor (patent)
    Inventor (patent)

    In patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claim of a patentability invention. In some patent law frameworks, however, such as in the European Patent Convention and its case law, no explicit, accurate definition of who exactly is an inventor is provided....
  • Inventor's Day
    Inventor's Day

    Inventors' Day is a day of the year set aside by a country to recognise the contributions of inventors. Not all countries recognise Inventors' Day....
  • The heroic theory of invention and scientific development
  • Innovator
    Innovator

    An innovator or pioneer in a general sense is a person or an organisation who is one of the first to do something and often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation....