Individuals who create new products or processes through innovative thinking and experimentation.
Inventors are like chefs experimenting in a kitchen. They try different ingredients (ideas), cooking methods (processes), until they come up with a completely new dish (invention).
Patent: A government authority granting an inventor exclusive rights to their invention for a certain period of time.
Innovation: The process of translating an idea into a good or service that creates value for which customers will pay.
Prototype: A preliminary model of something from which other forms are developed or copied.
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