The Quick Answers:
Who as an inventor?: Any person or persons who have
made 'an invention'
Why should I care? Because A) you could be forced to
share ownership of an invention with another party or competitor,
or worse B) you could lose all rights to an invention entirely if
the listed inventorship is incorrect.
But, of course, you know that there really are no quick answers
to many questions involving the law..... Read on to learn
more.......
Who is an Inventor?
On the world stage that is the Patent System, in all its various
incarnations around the world, there is no more vital yet
misunderstood character as the 'inventor'. The inventor, at
the most simplistic level, invents solutions to the problems of
mankind, whether mankind knew there was a problem or not. It is the
inventor who is the cornerstone of the patent system - the inventor
'invents' solutions in return for a monopoly on the sale or
use of that solution to society for a limited time period
