In addition to giving proper credit to individual inventors, patents help out humanity in general.

There's a wide range of support available to individual inventors and small businesses looking to develop innovative ideas and technologies.

With 250 employees, Davison provides new product development services to corporate clients, entrepreneurs and individual inventors.

Another consequence of the Act was that new development of machine guns by individual inventors stopped overnight.

If the system is financed entirely by users, fees could more than double for individual inventors, small companies and universities.

Advocates first-to-invent as more friendly to the individual inventor.

The firm represented clients ranging from individual inventors to large, multi-national companies.

Some years ago you published articles and follow-up correspondence on the problems of the individual inventor.

But the company expects to draw postings from small companies and individual inventors as well.

At present, it is difficult for an individual inventor or a small company to get patent protection across the whole of Europe.