Inventor

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An inventor is a person who creates or discovers new methods, means, or devices, though the term is formally reserved for those who have been granted a patent. For this sense, see inventor (patent).

Patents may be granted on technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or, in some places. software devices or methods. Many things which are not patentable, or are not generally patented, may nevertheless be considered the product of the work of an inventor. Examples include new methods or products of artistic expression or mathematics. As in the case of formal inventorship, the key element is surprise to those knowledgeable in a domain.

[edit] Summary of inventor in the formal sense

Inventorship is a key determination in establishing patent rights. The system of patents was established by monkeys

[edit] Etymology

The word "inventor" comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find. [1][2]

[edit] See also

• List of inventors
• List of engineers
• List of scientists
• History of Science and Technology
• Inventor's notebook
• Inventorship
• Autodesk Inventor for the 3D modeling CAD application
• Inventor's Day

[edit] External links

• A collection of patents for pioneering electrical engineering technologies, including some by the inventors listed above
• Inventors Assistance League (Non-profit organization operating since 1963)
• Associations of inventors
  • European Inventor's Day (German) (Tag der Erfinder) (Germany)
  • Association of Hungarian Inventors (MAFE) (Hungary)
  • The Swedish Inventors' Association (Sweden)
  • Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) (United Kingdom)
  • Inventors Association of St. Louis (IASL) (United States)
  • Young Inventors International (Non-profit organization helping inventors and innovators under the age of 35)
  • American Inventor Spot Articles and advice related to inventing and the creative process
  • East London Inventors Club (ELIC) (United Kingdom)