Inventor 14629 225141539 2008-07-12T02:43:03Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[he:ממציא]] {{otheruses}} 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== <!--This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php --> {{reflist}} {{job-stub}} [[Category:Inventors|*]] [[Category:Patent law]] [[als:Erfinder]] [[bs:Pronalazač]] [[bg:Изобретател]] [[ca:Inventor]] [[cs:Vynálezce]] [[da:Opfinder]] [[de:Erfinder]] [[es:Inventor]] [[eo:Inventisto]] [[eu:Asmatzaile]] [[fr:Inventeur]] [[hr:Izumitelj]] [[id:Penemu]] [[he:ממציא]] [[la:Inventor]] [[jbo:finpre]] [[nl:Uitvinder]] [[ja:発明家]] [[no:Oppfinner]] [[ru:Изобретатель]] [[simple:Inventor]] [[sl:Izumitelj]] [[sr:Проналазач]] [[fi:Keksijä]] [[sv:Uppfinnare]] [[tr:Mucit]] [[yi:ערפינדער]] [[zh-yue:發明家]] [[zh:发明家]]