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  • noun Plural form of inventor.

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Examples

  • In the most recent weekly edition of the U.S. Patent Official Gazette, Austin inventors were awarded 40 patents.

    Patent Backlog Grows to Record Levels | Impact Lab 2006

  • In the most recent weekly edition of the U.S. Patent Official Gazette, Austin inventors were awarded 40 patents.

    US Patent Office Reaching Crisis Stage | Impact Lab 2006

  • Beaches were being flooded by pop music, and one of the inventors is said to have exclaimed: "If only I had never invented that transistor."

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 - Presentation Speech 2000

  • I call the inventors 'fidgets, for some reason or other.

    Kingdom of the Blind 1906

  • One notable feature of the adult trade is the appearance of "inventors" - often, men in their middle age, with degrees in engineering and a burning desire to resolve some issue of erotic ergonomics.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • One notable feature of the adult trade is the appearance of "inventors" - often, men in their middle age, with degrees in engineering and a burning desire to resolve some issue of erotic ergonomics.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • Although the brothers don't think of themselves as "inventors" - Natan works in recycling and waste management while Ilan is in mergers and acquisitions - they've both had ideas before and not known what to do about them.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • One notable feature of the adult trade is the appearance of "inventors" - often, men in their middle age, with degrees in engineering and a burning desire to resolve some issue of erotic ergonomics.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • One notable feature of the adult trade is the appearance of "inventors" - often, men in their middle age, with degrees in engineering and a burning desire to resolve some issue of erotic ergonomics.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • Alumni include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester B. Pearson, insulin inventors Frederick Banting and Charles Best, author Margaret Atwood and film director David Cronenberg.

    Sex Ed Just Got a Lot Sexier in Canada | Impact Lab 2006

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