joint inventor

Patents. A person who collaborates with another or others in developing an invention. • All joint inventors must be identified on a patent application. [Cases: Patents 92. C.J.S. Patents §§ 126, 134.]

joint inventor. Patents. A person who collaborates with another or others in developing an invention. • All joint inventors must be identified on a patent application. [Cases: Patents 92. C.J.S. Patents §§ 126, 134.] “Employing a friend, mechanic, model maker or other person to do work for one on an idea does not, as a