a creator of Intellectual Property, whether or not patentable
a marvelous collection that celebrates ingenuity, and may just get your kids' creative juices flowing
a party who has contributed at least one claim to a patent
a person who, alone or in combination with others, conceives a complete and operative manner of performing a process or making a machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or improvement
a person who conceived or contributed significantly to the invention
a person who contributes to the conception of the claimed invention
a person who has had an original idea or has contributed intellectual input to one of the main claims of the patent
a person who has made an intellectual contribution to the inventive step(s) involved in the creation of the invention described in the invention record
a person who makes an original, significant intellectual contribution leading to the conception of the invention
Someone who has a new idea and pursues its development. Inventors apply for patents on their inventions as a part of their developing their invention. Many inventors are also product developers, entrepreneurs and businessmen and most inventors find it good marketing practice to sell themselves as product developers or, entrepreneurs or businessman, as the term inventor often having a bad connotation to a businessman.
One who has conceived of an invention, from The Law of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Inventions: Patent and Nonpatent Protection, 2nd edition, pg. 1654.5 (Rosenstock; Aspen Law & Brini 2004).
An inventor is anyone whose involvement and contribution was essential to the development of the invention. The one who is first to conceive of a particular invention and who diligently works to convert this conception into a tangible physical property.
One who contributes to the conception and reduction to practice of one or more of the claims in a patent application or patent.
An individual who conceives an original idea and reduces it to a finding, process, or product which clearly advances the state of the art or practice.
The originator of, or a principal contributor to the concept(s) contained in a specific invention. The legal definition requires that this individual be personally responsible for at least one of the claims listed in the patent.
Is the first person to develop patents in a new-product category.
In patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claims of a patentable invention. In some patent law frameworks however, such as in the European Patent Convention (EPC) and its case law, no explicit, accurate definition of who exactly is an inventor is provided. The definition may slightly vary from one European country to another.
Inventor Rational is one of the 16 role variants the Keirsey Temperament Sorter is based on. David Keirsey originally described the Inventor role variant; however, the personality descriptions of Isabel Myers greatly contributed to its development. Inventors correlate primarily with ENTP Myers-Briggs type and secondarily with the INTP Myers-Briggs type.
