coinventor
- An inventor who collaborates with one or more other inventors in creating an invention detailed in at least one claim of a patent application
- Even though Jones did not actually build the device, he still received credit as a coinventor due to his essential calculations.
- As a coinventor, Smith shared the legal rights to the invention with her partner.
- Even though they worked in separate labs, Johnson and Lee were named as coinventors on the patent application for their combined input in the creation.
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