Inventions are of three kinds: scientific-technological (including medicine), sociopolitical (including economics and law), and humanistic, or cultural.
Scientific-technological inventions include railroads, See more

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Ideas for an invention may be developed on paper or on a computer, by writing or drawing, by trial and error, by making models, by See more

The term invention is also an important legal concept and central to patent law systems worldwide. As is often the case for legal concepts, its … See more

Historically, women in many regions have been unrecognised for their inventive contributions (except Russia and France ), despite being the … See more

In contrast to invention, innovation is the implementation of a creative idea that specifically leads to greater value or usefulness. That is, while an invention may be useless or have no value yet still be an invention, an innovation must have some sort of value, … See more

Invention has a long and important history in the arts. Inventive thinking has always played a vital role in the creative process. While some inventions in the arts are patentable, others are not because they cannot fulfill the strict requirements governments have … See more

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