Independent inventor

An independent inventor is an inventor who creates inventions by himself. They often earn their income from selling or licensing the patents they get on their inventions.

Independent inventors are distinguished from inventors who work for corporations. Inventors that work for corporations, such as research scientists, must normally assign their ownership rights to their inventions to corporations as a condition for their employment.

Notable independent inventors

• Ronald A. Katz inventor of the automated call center.
• Robert Kearns inventor of the intermittent windscreen wiper.
• Jerome H. Lemelson inventor of the bar code reader.
• Peter Roberts inventor of the quick release socket wrench

Organizations

• Alliance for American Innovation
• society of robotics

Publications

• Make_(magazine)

See also

• Employment contract
• Flash of Genius (film)

External links

• Inventors Eye, the USPTO's bimonthly publication for the "independent inventor community"