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An independent inventor is an inventor who creates inventions by himself.[1] 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

Organizations

  • Alliance for American Innovation[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Edward Robinson "They Saved Small Business When corporate America tried to seize the patent system from independent inventors, this Boston couple came to the rescue." Fortune Small Business, April 1, 2000
  • Inventors Eye, the USPTO's bimonthly publication for the "independent inventor community"
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