Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who invents or devises something new; one who makes an invention.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices, new drugs, new processes, or other useful objects or procedures.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
invents , either as a hobby or as an occupation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
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Examples
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The first language suggested by the authors of this legislation left out "inventors" altogether, but once this blatant attack became clear, the authors added the word "inventor" to "First Inventor to File" in order to confuse anyone not closely following this bill.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Current Patent Bill Helps Global Elite, Not the Little "Guy" Rep. Dana Rohrabacher 2011
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The first language suggested by the authors of this legislation left out "inventors" altogether, but once this blatant attack became clear, the authors added the word "inventor" to "First Inventor to File" in order to confuse anyone not closely following this bill.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Current Patent Bill Helps Global Elite, Not the Little "Guy" Rep. Dana Rohrabacher 2011
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The first language suggested by the authors of this legislation left out "inventors" altogether, but once this blatant attack became clear, the authors added the word "inventor" to "First Inventor to File" in order to confuse anyone not closely following this bill.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Current Patent Bill Helps Global Elite, Not the Little "Guy" Rep. Dana Rohrabacher 2011
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Cool detail: the inventor is a regular at rec. music.makers.piano, and posted there while working on the design.
Boing Boing: December 29, 2002 - January 4, 2003 Archives 2002
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Tell me what you think of when you read the word inventor.
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Tell me what you think of when you read the word inventor.
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If an inventor is unable to sell his idea without assistance from the State, offhand I would simply consider him a poor businessman, unless Zeus or Keynes was holding him back.
Intellectual Property, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In patent, the classic notion of the inventor is yielding to the inventor/operator/user amalgamation represented by the patent pool.
Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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They deserve consideration. (the inventor is in Australia; he came out to one of the industry confabs held in Napa recently).
Wine Person of the Decade - nominations open! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877-1963) This African-American inventor is responsible for saving thousands, if not millions of lives.
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