How to Define Innovation

Many people have little knowledge about the difference between innovation and invention. Well, this article tries to understand the difference between innovation and invention in layman’s terms. Innovation is the development of new ideas and invention is the process of bringing existing things into new form. Between invention and innovation definition: innovation refers to the […]

Invention Process – Key Points To Note When Submitting Your Invention

Many companies will show off an impressive list of patents, often claiming to be an innovator in the area of invention. However, patents are merely proof of ideas, of having conceived something first, and then documenting the new invention in a legal manner. Therefore, the usefulness of these new inventions isn’t proven, and patents don’t […]

Greatest Medical Inventions

What are the greatest medical inventions that changed the medical world and the way we live today? This is the question being asked of visitors of the Riverfront Museum at Peoria, Illinois while it holds an exhibit, 10 Innovations That Changed the World. The answer as you know is that there have been many major […]

Complexities of US Patent Laws

In the United States, inventors are often considered to be the people, or more specifically persons, who directly contribute to a patent’s claims. In other patent law frameworks, including in the European Patent Convention, and its associated case law, no specific, accurate definition of what an “inventor” is given. One reason for this is that […]