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An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. Although some inventors may also be scientists, most of them are engineers in fact as they base their work on the discoveries of other scientists, experimenting with practical applications and combinations of those discoveries, and with improvements and combinations of existing devices, to create new useful devices.
Inventorship is a key determination in establishing patent rights. The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and useful. In the U.S. the intellectual property clause of the Constitution permits (but does not mandate) laws to be passed establishing patent and other intellectual property rights.
The capacity to invent can be developed. See TRIZ, the theory of inventive problem-solving.
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Banneker, Benjamin
Bell, Alexander Graham
Braille, Louis
Eastman, George
Edison, Thomas Alva
new article update from my blog - Famous Women Inventors - a Few Historic Female Inventors http://bit.ly/8A8NU8
entrepreanuer (YOU ARE ENTREPRENUER) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:57:07 -0000
new article update from my blog - Famous Women Inventors - a Few Historic Female Inventors http://bit.ly/8A8NU8
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anyidea (peter malcolm) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:36:47 -0000
ISSF Events: http://inventorssociety.net/events.htm via @addthis.. LOOK #INVENTORS COULD BE YOUR BIG BREAK!!!
NPR: Dean Kamen Offers Advice For Inventors. His FIRST competition encorages students in tech development-More at http://npr.org/122252781
MEBair (Mark Bair) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:20:37 -0000
NPR: Dean Kamen Offers Advice For Inventors. His FIRST competition encorages students in tech development-More at http://npr.org/122252781
"Playing music for rocks" 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted to Punch In the Face http://zi.ma/209c1
fantomaster (fantomaster) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:19:44 -0000
"Playing music for rocks" 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted to Punch In the Face http://zi.ma/209c1
Inventors focus on ice, snow and other wintry innovations: Mass High Tech The list of inventors include Vermont.. http://bit.ly/6mq7A0
BradleyLevinson (Bradley Levinson) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:40:46 -0000
Inventors focus on ice, snow and other wintry innovations: Mass High Tech The list of inventors include Vermont.. http://bit.ly/6mq7A0
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world i
obesityandyou (Jacob Zagorby) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:08:08 -0000
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world i
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Historical Inventors: A To Z - Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
Meta Description: [ History has produced some amazing people called inventors and we have a complete resource for you to research any famous historical inventor - biographies - A-to-Z directory - timelines - women innovators - African Americans - First Peoples - Chinese - Hispanics and many other nationalities ]
National Inventors Hall of Fame - Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
19th Century African-American Inventors - Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
Meta Description: [ A listing of 19th century African American inventors and innovations who developed products to make their work easier and safer. This is the first of two parts. ]
Blacks in Technology, Past and Present - Profiles of seven African American inventors.
Elias Howe - Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
Elias Howe - Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson - Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries - List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
Famous Black Inventors - Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
Meta Description: [ Explore the contributions of modern African American inventors like Dr. Patricia Bath, Dr. Mark Dean and James E. West. Read biographies of the famous black inventors who helped to shape the face of 20th century innovation. ]
George Edward Alcorn, Jr. - Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
Great and Famous Inventors - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius - Offers a biography and history.
Meta Description: [ Henry Ford was an industrial genius, but his lack of education left him without great depth of character or cultural sophistication. Introduction, first document in a new major psychological study by abelard. ]
Innovative Lives - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
James Nasmith - Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Robert Noyce - Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
Meta Description: [ the history of the most important invention of the 20th century: the transistor. Also... see the television documentary hosted by Ira Flatow, airing on local PBS stations in the fall of 1999. This site is a co-production of ScienCentral, Inc. and The American Institute of Physics, and the TV
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The Black Inventor Online Museum - A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
The Great Idea Finder - Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
Meta Description: [ View their accomplishments, study their scientific observations, examine their innovations, and investigate the many interesting facts about their lives. Some may have made this a better place. They all made a difference. ]
The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives - Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.
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