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Patent

See Inventor, Joint.

Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D. — Glossary of Patent Terms

One of two or more who make joint inventive contributions to an invention.

University of North Texas — Glossary of Patent Legal Terms

Intellectual Property

an inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application. See MPEP 2137.01 See also coinventor.

USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office Glossary