Invention
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An invention is a new composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others.<ref>Artificial Mythologies: A Guide to Cultural Invention by Craig J. Saper (1997); Review of Artificial Mythologies. A Guide to Cultural Invention, Kirsten Ostherr (1998) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3709/is_199810/ai_n8821092</ref> Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. An invention that is novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field may be able to obtain the legal protection of a patent.
See also
- List of Australian inventions
- Bayh-Dole Act
- Chindōgu
- Creativity
- Creativity techniques
- Diffusion of innovations
- EU Directive on the patentability of biotechnological inventions
- EU Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (proposed, then rejected)
- Discovery
- Edisonian approach
- The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
- Independent inventor
- International Innovation Index
- Invention promotion firm
- Inventive step and non-obviousness (patentability requirements)
- Inventor's Day
- Islamic inventions
- Kranzberg's laws of technology
- Lemelson-MIT Prize
- List of Chinese inventions
- List of Russian inventors
- Timeline of Russian inventions
- English inventions and discoveries
- List of Indian inventions
- List of United States inventions
- List of inventions named after people
- List of inventors
- List of prolific inventors
- Mad scientist
- Mind's eye
- Multiple discovery
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Technology
- The heroic theory of invention and scientific development
- Timeline of historic inventions, for a detailed list of inventions, listed by date of invention
- TRIZ approach
