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Inventor
Inventor
A person involved in the creation of an invention - specifically in devising the inventive concept behind the invention.
By default, the inventor (or inventors) is treated as being the person entitled to apply for a patent application unless there is some other reason, such as a contract or employment relationship, that means that this right should belong to another entity.
It is necessary to identify the inventors of an invention in a patent application and care should be taken to ensure that this information is correct as providing the wrong inventorship information can be detrimental, potentially giving rise to validity or entitlement issues.
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