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An '''inventor''' is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word ''inventor'' comes form the [[latin]] verb ''invenire'', ''invent-'', to find.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inventor&db=* http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inventor&db=*] </ref><ref>[http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=invent http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=invent] </ref> The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited [[monopoly]] on [[invention]]s determined to be sufficiently [[Novelty (patent)|novel]], [[Inventive step and non-obviousness|non-obvious]], and [[Utility (patent)|useful]]. See [[Inventor (patent)]].
==See also==
* [[Creativity]]
* [[List of inventors]]
* [[History of science and technology]]
* [[Independent inventor]]
* [[Invention]]
* [[Inventor's notebook]]
* [[Inventor (patent)]]
* [[Inventor's Day]]
* [[The heroic theory of invention and scientific development]]
==References==
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